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Government

Feb. 24, 2010

Senator Calls for Bybee Resignation

Democratic lawmakers may call a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge and a California law professor to Capitol Hill to testify about their complicity in legally sanctioning torture, but overall Congressional reaction has been muted.

By Robert Iafolla and John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writers

WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers may call a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge and a California law professor to Capitol Hill to testify as soon as Friday about their complicity in legally sanctioning torture.

But overall congressional reaction to a long-awaited Justice Department report on Judge Jay S. Bybee and UC Berkeley School of Law professor John Yoo...

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