MUKASEY: HACK.

Rule of law!

"But not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime."

But I was informed by the highly serious priests of High Contrarianism that Mukasey's need to work with Congress would provide powerful disincentives against this sort of thing! I'm shocked that this didn't work.

In addition, Marcy Wheeler argues that while Mukasey is certainly a hack, the real problem is the toothless sanctions of the Hatch Act.

--Scott Lemieux