In case you were wondering what (among other concessions) Cass Sunstein had to do to move his nomination forward, here’s a little tidbit. Sunstein wrote Saxby Chambliss a letter, which Chambliss then read into the Congressional Record, in which Sunstein promises to “respect” gun rights and “not take any steps to promote litigation on behalf of animals.” In entering the letter into the record, Chambliss said “While I cannot agree with his ideas, his legal theories or his views, now that he has been educated about the toll they would take on hard-working farmers and ranchers in America, I am not going to keep him from any further consideration.”
As other concessions trickle into public view, I fear that what might have been a significant stride forward will instead turn out to be a prettied up form of inertia. But I hope I’m wrong.
–David Cassuto
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[…] On one side of the Atlantic US Senator Saxby Chambliss demands US President Barack Obama’s nominee for Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget, Professor Cass Sunstein, to write a letter saying that he promises to “respect” gun rights and “not take any steps to promote litigation on … […]