Looks like the wingnut assault on Harold Koh has run into a bit of a problem:
Theodore Olson, the top conservative attorney who served under Reagan and George W. Bush, dismissed attacks from the right on Obama’s choice for a top legal post, defending the pick as a “man of great integrity.”
Right-wingers from Glenn Beck to Fox News are waging a loud campaign against Harold Koh, the nominee for the key post of legal adviser to the state department, saying he’s willing to impose Sharia law on U.S. courts and wants to subjugate America to international law.
Olson doesn’t think much of the criticism.
“The President and the Secretary of State are entitled to have who they want as their legal adviser,” Olson said in a phone interview with me.
Olson was sharply dismissive of claims that Koh is too solicitous of international law.
One of two things is happening here. Either (1) the wingers are so crazy that even a staunch conservative is calling out their nonsense or (2) like Obama, Ted Olson wants to impose Sharia law on the U.S.
Take a guess as to which it is.