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'''Micheal B. Mukasey''' (born 1941, Bronx, [[New York|NY]]) was a former federal district judge for the Southern District of [[New York]] after being nominated by [[Ronald Reagan]].  His tenure as judge, which he held the until 2006, was widely viewed favorably.  Mukasey was picked by [[President George W. Bush]] to be federal attorney general after the position was left vacant due to the resignation of [[Alberto Gonzales]].<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/121rpxqa.asp</reF> He is a member of the Justice Advisory Committee of Giuliani's presidential campaign and his son is a law partner with Guiliani.<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5850.html</ref>  

'''Micheal B. Mukasey''' (born 1941, Bronx, [[New York|NY]]) was a former federal district judge for the Southern District of [[New York]] after being nominated by [[Ronald Reagan]].  His tenure as judge, which he held the until 2006, was widely viewed favorably.  Mukasey was picked by [[President George W. Bush]] to be federal attorney general after the position was left vacant due to the resignation of [[Alberto Gonzales]].<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RMR8300&show_article=1</reF>

 

Conservatives had anticipated the 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>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5850.html</ref>

 

He is a member of the Justice Advisory Committee of Giuliani's presidential campaign and his son is a law partner with Guiliani.<ref>http://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>

 

Mukasey presided over thousands of cases, many of them high-stake affairs. In 1996, he presided over the trail of [[Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman]], the jihadist behind the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]], and eleven co-defendants, who were convicted and received lengthy prison terms.<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmY3MTM5ZDFjYTk2YTc3ZDliNzcyY2FkYjhlYTRmOWU=</ref> His work in this important trial earned praise from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which stated in a review of the trial,

Mukasey presided over thousands of cases, many of them high-stake affairs. In 1996, he presided over the trail of [[Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman]], the jihadist behind the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]], and eleven co-defendants, who were convicted and received lengthy prison terms.<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmY3MTM5ZDFjYTk2YTc3ZDliNzcyY2FkYjhlYTRmOWU=</ref> His work in this important trial earned praise from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which stated in a review of the trial,

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