This might take us a little while to get through — it’s almost 500 pages long — but House Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers’ (D-Mich.) just-released report (pdf) documenting the “abuses and excesses” of George W. Bush’s presidency and recommending changes to the new administration is a More…
The antagonism to President-elect Barack Obama’s nomination of Eric Holder to attorney general seems to be crumbling, despite Sen. Arlen Specter’s (R-Penn.) best efforts. Today, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, broke ranks with Senate Republicans and announced he will support Holder. Two former More…
While the public battle to stop Eric Holder’s confirmation as attorney general still lacks the heat of those faced by his predecessors, Alberto Gonzales and John Ashcroft — Orrin Hatch supports Holder, and does anyone think one Democrat will pull away? — it’s gotten hot enough for a passel of More…
Republicans have made it clear that Attorney General-designate Eric Holder is the most problematic of President-elect Barack Obama cabinet nominees. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, gave a scathing floor statement on Holder Tuesday, laying out many of the GOP’s lines of attack: the More…
The Wall Street Journal plays “Where are they now?” with former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales:
WASHINGTON — Alberto Gonzales, who has kept a low profile since resigning as attorney general nearly 16 months ago, said he is writing a book to set the record straight about his controversial tenure as
Here’s an interesting tidbit from yesterday’s Legal Times: Attorney General-designate Eric Holder last week revealed to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he earned more than $2.1 million in 2008 as a partner at Covington & Burling. That’s even better than the average partner at the firm, who earns a More…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday had an opportunity to consider a question that may become more pressing in coming years: Should the U.S. government have to pay damages to a innocent man arrested and secretly sent overseas where he faced certain torture?
That’s the More…
The Washington Post reports that the Senate confirmation hearings for at least one member of President-elect Barack Obama’s cabinet are expected to begin shortly after the new year.
Things are looking good for Eric Holder, Obama’s pick for attorney general, formally announced today.
In addition to the highly flattering portrait of Holder as a young man in today’s New York Times, he’s getting praise from some of the most serious critics of the Attorney Generals under George More…
Who said “telecom immunity?”
With the economy in the tank and Washington distracted by gazillion-dollar industry bailouts, it seems like forever since that buzz-phrase — ubiquitous earlier in the year — was uttered in this town.
You recall the issue: The White House wanted not only expanded powers to spy More…
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