Transition time
It's reported that Oregon's U.S. attorney, Karen Immergut, has put her name in to become a Multnomah County judge. It's just a matter of time before Obama, via Wyden and Merkley, gives us a new appointee for her federal post.
I'm still having a hard time getting used to the fact that Gordon Smith doesn't have anything to say about these things any more. Sweet.
That said, I never understood why a Republican President's U.S. attorney didn't raise more heck in all-blue Oregon. Lord knows there are enough odd-looking "public-private partnerships" in these parts that deserve serious scrutiny. Aside from the much publicized attempt to get a mole into City Hall, the feds haven't challenged the Arlington Club money-power axis one whit.
So who should be the next U.S. attorney?
I've got an idea: How about Steve Novick?
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Comments (8)
Maybe whoever gets the job can do something like this.
Posted by Jack Bog | January 28, 2009 6:29 PM
As long as there's none of this, I'll be happy.
Posted by Zach | January 28, 2009 6:35 PM
Aside from the Brandon Mayfield debacle which after the fact was not as much her fault, I still doubted Ms. Immergut because she was a Gonzales/Bush appointee. However, in my two brief encounters with her I came away pretty darn impressed at least in the areas of federal law that was at issue, Federal Corrupt Practices Act and waiver of attorney/client privilege by corporations.
I'd like to see an enforcer-type that is not from here so that there would be hopefully no Arlington Club bias.
Posted by hilsy | January 28, 2009 6:57 PM
Immergut for judge, again?
http://wweek.com/editorial/3410/10248/
Posted by Audaciously Hopeful | January 28, 2009 10:08 PM
Ooh, ooh, Novick, yes!
Good call. GREAT spot for him.
Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | January 28, 2009 10:24 PM
Sam the Tongue has written a book already? "The defendant was well known thanks to his book “Me and My Likker,” "
Posted by pdxjim | January 28, 2009 10:44 PM
I do wonder what Merkley might have to say about putting Novick in that seat. Somehow I don't think there is a lot of warm fuzzy between Merkley and Novick.
While I voted for Novick in the primary, I am still looking for some confirmation of his great environmental prosecution experience.
A quick search through the appropriate dat fields in the F.Supp., FRD. and F2d and F3d data bases doesn't yield a confirmation of any Novick prosecuted cases. By contrast, one can relatively easily find records of cases prosecuted by former EDNY AUSA John Kroger.
I'm also not fond of political ideologues - whether republican righties or democrat lefties - as US Attorneys. I've seen both kinds and neither has been impressive.
Food for thought.
Posted by Nonny Mouse | January 29, 2009 12:53 PM
Personally I think we need judges who have spent some time work with low income defendants and maybe tried a murder case or two representing low income people.
Posted by The Libertarian Guy | January 29, 2009 1:34 PM