Supreme Court Eyes Decades of Campaign Finance Laws

The high court’s decision in a case about an anti-Hillary Clinton documentary could carry broad implications.



DOJ May Skirt Court Order on Interrogation Documents

The Obama administration may circumvent the spirit of a judge’s order to disclose hundreds of documents relating to the CIA’s Bush-era interrogation program.



Memos Suggest Legal Cherry-Picking in Justifying Torture

On the same day that the government produced the 2004 CIA Inspector General’s report on interrogations, it also turned over seven more memos and letters from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.



CIA Report Suggests Broad Probe of Interrogation Policy Needed

Newly appointed investigator may find it impossible — or at least very difficult — to conduct a thorough and ethical investigation that stays within those narrow bounds.



CIA Documents Provide Little Cover for Cheney Claims

Newly released documents suggest non-abusive tactics worked.



Tort Reform Unlikely to Cut Health Care Costs

Little evidence backs claims that medical malpractice suits are driving up health care costs.



Military Lawyer Claims U.S. Paid Gitmo Prosecution Witnesses

Mohammed Jawad has been ordered released after a court ruled his confession coerced, but the Department of Justice is now considering criminal charges based on new evidence.



Military Commissions Debate Rages On in Senate

But as a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday afternoon revealed, there’s little consensus in Congress over where and how to prosecute terror suspects, or the likely consequences of the various alternatives.



Holder Probe Would Be Big Break From Bush Torture Policy

Letters between Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and the Justice Department shed light on a reportedly impending investigation that would mark the Obama administration’s first clear break from the Bush-era policy of refusing to prosecute abuse cases.



Obama May Seek Authority Outlined by Mukasey

It’s been one year since then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey proposed that Congress pass legislation declaring a new, expanded war with al-Qaeda and the Taliban — thereby granting the president the authority to detain indefinitely members of those groups anywhere in the world.