The New York Times, perhaps in something of a rush, is catching up with the usual profiles of a presidential candidate that would usually come during the nomination season. Of course, as Maureen Dowd points out, there was no such process for the current Democratic nominee. Nomination by acclimation, as it were. So the name of the game is backfill. Today's Times shared two tidbits about Kamala Harris that may be of interest to readers.
First, it turns out that John Eastman, of all people, helped Harris prevail in her razor-thin margin of victory for AG. For those who were not around fifteen years ago, Eastman was a leading figure in legal education. As dean at Chapman, Eastman was building a nucleus of leading conservative law professors. One of his more important hires was to poach Ron Rotunda, my professor, from George Mason. But in 2010, Eastman resigned as Dean to run for California Attorney General. Eastman would lose the Republican primary to Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley. During that primary, as the Times points out, Eastman landed a strong punch on Cooley. Apparently, Cooley would have been eligible to receive both the salary of Attorney General, and his pension from serving as District Attorney. Eastman attacked Cooley for "double dipping."
Later, during a debate between Cooley, and Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for AG, Eastman's "double dipping" point was brought up:
