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Position: Attorney General - Justice

As head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the federal government, the attorney general represents the United States in legal matters and advises the president and executive department heads of the Government. The attorney general appears to represent the government before the U.S. Supreme Court in cases of exceptional importance.

Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation    

Nominations so far:

Nominee Rating
Dr. Charles Ogletree Jr.  click to rate
Kamala Harris  click to rate
Cliff Arnebeck   click to rate
Senator Russell Feingold  click to rate
John Conyers  click to rate
David Cobb  click to rate
John Shattuck   click to rate
Eliot Spitzer  click to rate
Virginia Sloan  click to rate
Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald  click to rate
Jakada Imani  click to rate
Drew S. Days, III  click to rate
Christopher Edley  click to rate
Mario Cuomo  click to rate
David Van Os  click to rate
Ron Kuby  click to rate
Al Giordano  click to rate
David Cole   click to rate
Eva Paterson  click to rate
Elizabeth Birch  click to rate
Rep. Lloyd Doggett  click to rate
Mary Jo White  click to rate
Hon. Alan Page  click to rate
Morris Dees  click to rate
Barney Frank  click to rate
Ronnie Earle  click to rate
Lynn Adelman  click to rate
Senator Patrick J. Leahy  click to rate
Richard Blumenthal  click to rate
Ralph Nader  click to rate
Nadine Strossen  click to rate
Deval Patrick  click to rate
Carol Moseley Braun  click to rate
Michael Ruppert  click to rate
Gerry Spence  click to rate
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)  click to rate
Christine Gregoire  click to rate
Gov. Jim Doyle  click to rate
Richard Ben-Veniste  click to rate
Ronald Goldfarb  click to rate
Roger Wilkins  click to rate
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones  click to rate
Progressive Criteria:
The Justice Department will: Work to make sure that law enforcement protects the rights and common interests of all citizens, fairly and equally;

Remember that the first law of the land is the Constitution and the Bill of Rights;

Prosecute corporations vigorously and energetically when they harm the interests of ordinary citizens;

Enforce antitrust laws and work to have them strengthened;

Reexamine the legal status and role of corporations in our society, emphasizing that "personhood" is reserved for humans, not corporations

Protect civil rights and affirmative action;

Protect government and corporate whistle-blowers;

Remember that the USA is a signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and run the FBI and Bureau of Prisons accordingly.


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