Mark is a frequent contributor to ‘The Corner’ section of the National Review Online. Here, in part, is what he wrote today about Michael Mukasey’s nomination to become the next Attorney General:

An attorney general is not only a manager, but a policy-maker. He is involved in judicial selection, the administration’s position before the Supreme Court on a wide range of issues, immigration policy (even though ICE is at Homeland Security), and so forth. We have no idea what about Mukasey’s philosophy of governance, but we are assured he was a great prosecutor and judge. The White House and Schumer have undoubtedly vetted him and/or his record. Why don’t they tell us more? Is there more? Let me suggest that there are and have been many prosecutors who are not conservative. Patrick Leahy and Arlen Spector come to mind. There are trial judges who rule properly on the law who are not conservative (including judges who don’t rule for the terrorists). But don’t worry, be happy.

Here, here, here, and here are what else he has offered on the subject since yesterday.