On Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider the nomination of Harold Koh to be the State Department Legal Adviser. Koh’s March 23 appointment has sent the far right into conniptions, supposedly because of Koh’s academic views on the legal issue of transnational justice, and various reports indicate his nomination might be filibustered.
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