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    Obama Attorney General Nominee: Executive Amnesty ‘Well-Reasoned’

    by Tony Lee
    23 Dec 2014

    President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace Eric Holder as attorney general is supportive of Obama’s executive amnesty.

    According to a Politico report, Loretta Lynch, who is a U.S. attorney in New York, told Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) during a recent meeting that Obama’s executive amnesty was “well-reasoned,” agreeing with the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel.

    After meeting with Lynch, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) also said Lynch “supports the president’s executive order, as do I,” according to Politico.

    Conservative Senators are expected to grill Lynch, who could become the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, early next year during her confirmation hearing on Obama’s executive amnesty, which many consider to have been lawless and an “unprecedented” overreach of executive authority.

    When Obama announced Lynch’s nomination, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) said Lynch “deserves fair and full consideration of the United States Senate,” but noted that since the “Attorney General is the President’s chief law enforcement officer,” Lynch “must demonstrate full and complete commitment to the law.”

    “Loretta Lynch deserves the opportunity to demonstrate those qualities, beginning with a statement whether or not she believes the President’s executive amnesty plans are constitutional and legal,” the Senators said in a joint statement.

    The Senate recently confirmed Sarah Saldana, who also said she was supportive of Obama’s executive amnesty and would implement it, to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency tasked with enforcing the nation’s immigration laws.

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    AG Nominee Loretta Lynch Gaining GOP Senate Supporters

    Tuesday, 23 Dec 2014 08:46 AM
    By Melanie Batley

    Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney in New York who has been tapped by President Barack Obama to be the next attorney general, has been making the rounds to meet with senators, and early indicators suggest that she is winning over Republicans.

    According to Politico, Lynch has met privately with a number of GOP senators in recent weeks in advance of the confirmation hearings which will start early in the new year.

    "I want to see what happens in the hearings," Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain told Politico. "But I'm certainly supportive."

    McCain, Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, and Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer have all met with Lynch privately and are inclined to support her, Politico reported.

    "I would say yes, unless something comes up during the hearings," Fischer told Politico.

    If confirmed, Lynch would be the first black female attorney general.

    But the hearings could be contentious as Republicans intend to grill her about her position on Obama's executive order on immigration and her views about the parameters of executive power.

    She has said that she believes the action on immigration is legally sound.

    "All I can tell you is that immigration is going to be a big part of it," incoming Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley told Politico. "Not because of her views on immigration, but of the president's action on immigration and the extent of what she feels he's acted in a legal way."

    Republicans opposed the confirmation of Sarah Saldana as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month because of her support of the president's executive action. She was confirmed by the Democratic majority in a last-minute bid to push through presidential nominations.

    A number of Republicans, however, including South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, have indicated that while they will be looking to examine Lynch's position on the issue, it will not be the sole litmus test for her confirmation, Politico reported.

    At the same time, conservative Louisiana Sen. David Vitter has already said he would oppose Lynch's confirmation based on her position on immigration, believing it would be one avenue to undermine the president's executive action.

    "The attorney general is one of the lynchpins to Obama's amnesty plan," he told Politico.

    Nevertheless, she has earned respect for her career credentials and she has already been confirmed twice by the Senate as U.S. attorney.

    "She's a very pleasant person," Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions told Politico. "And on paper, she has the background that is positive for the job."

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