Harold Koh will face the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this afternoon, and, barring any unusual shenanigans, his nomination to be State Department Legal Adviser will move closer to the floor. But today’s hearing presents us with an opportunity to take the temperature of rank and file Republicans, who have decided to make an issue of Koh because, they say, Koh is a “radical transnationalist” who, through undue deference to international institutions and treaty obligations, will subvert and destroy the U.S. legal system.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=143384