Time Is Running Out

When Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) yesterday proposed to an audience at Georgetown University the creation of a “truth and reconciliation commission” to investigate Bush administration lawbreaking, he specifically did not call for an investigation that could lead to prosecutions, which is the normal response when individuals are suspected of More…

Plenty of Praise for Eric Holder as new AG

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…