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Conservatives had anticipated that Bush would pick former Solicitor General [[Theodore Olson]], but Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] vowed to block his confirmation. A former member of the Justice Department stated that the decision "came down to confirmability."<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5850.html</ref>
Conservatives had anticipated that Bush would pick former Solicitor General [[Theodore Olson]], but Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] vowed to block his confirmation. A former member of the Justice Department stated that the decision "came down to confirmability."<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5850.html</ref>
Mukasey was a member of the Justice Advisory Committee of Giuliani's presidential campaign and his son is a law partner with Guiliani.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5850.html</ref>
Mukasey was a member of the Justice Advisory Committee of Giuliani's presidential campaign and his son is a law partner with Giuliani.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5850.html</ref>
[[Democrat]] senator [[Chuck Schumer]] has praised Mukasey past work and in 2003 he placed him on the acceptable "consensus" candidate list for the Supreme Court.<ref>http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2007/09/018472.php</ref>
[[Democrat]] senator [[Chuck Schumer]] has praised Mukasey past work and in 2003 he placed him on the acceptable "consensus" candidate list for the Supreme Court.<ref>http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2007/09/018472.php</ref>
He also presided over the recent dispute between [[Larry Silverstein]] and insurers related to the World Trade Center site.<ref>https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2006/07/21/judge-michael-mukasey-to-join-patterson-belknap/</ref>
He also presided over the recent dispute between [[Larry Silverstein]] and insurers related to the World Trade Center site.<ref>https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2006/07/21/judge-michael-mukasey-to-join-patterson-belknap/</ref>
Mukasey earned his bachelor’s degree at Columbia before graduating from [[Yale]] Law School in 1967. He left his law practice in 1988 for his appointed position as federal judge. In 2006, Mr. Mukasey announced that he was retiring to take a job at the law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/washington/16attorney.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin</ref>
Mukasey earned his bachelor's degree at Columbia before graduating from [[Yale]] Law School in 1967. He left his law practice in 1988 for his appointed position as federal judge. In 2006, Mr. Mukasey announced that he was retiring to take a job at the law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/washington/16attorney.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin</ref>
Mukasey was replaced by Eric Holder as Attorney General.
Mukasey was replaced by Eric Holder as Attorney General.