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Brewer Tries to Keep Foreign Governments Out of Immigration Lawsuit

By | 10.06.10 | 3:32 pm

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is protesting a federal court’s decision to allow foreign governments to file “friend-of-the-court” briefs in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear the case in November, ruled Monday that Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, More…

DeMint: Uncommitted on the Fate of Sanford

By | 06.30.09 | 10:51 am

As Dave pointed out last week, some conservatives aren’t mincing words about their desire to see disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) step away from the national stage following revelations of an extramarital affair. Others, though, are treading much more carefully around the issue, favoring a strategy of More…

CREW Goes After Mark Sanford

By | 06.26.09 | 11:46 am

The ethics watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is hounding the governor even as the media spotlight (temporarily?) flits elsewhere. It’s filed a compliant with South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and with the State Ethics Commission. Politically and legally, it’s probably not as big a worry More…

Coming in March: Mark Sanford’s Book

By | 06.26.09 | 11:44 am

Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin, is still on track to publish Gov. Mark Sanford’s (R-S.C.) book “Within Our Means.” The New York Observer checked in with publisher Adrian Zackheim and associate publisher Will Weisser.

“Adrian has checked in but we haven’t made any decisions,” Mr. Weisser said. “Obviously, there’s

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BREAKING: Sanford Admits to Affair, Resigns as Chairman of Republican Governors Association

By | 06.24.09 | 2:40 pm

After days of speculation about his mysterious disappearance, Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) just admitted to an extramarital affair and resigned as the chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

In a drawn-out press conference that began with a long series of apologies and repeated references to his friend Tom Davis, Sanford More…

U.S. Will Provide OAS Body with Obama Administration’s Position on Truth Commission

By | 03.20.09 | 5:57 pm

It was an odd but refreshing spectacle, to see U.S.-based human rights lawyers arguing to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the United States has effectively insulated itself from accountability for torture and war crimes, and ought to be pushed by an international body to do better.