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Feds seek to drop one charge against a Christian militia member

By | 09.26.11 | 9:35 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

The federal government has asked the federal court in Detroit to drop one charge against a member of a Christian militia arrested in March of 2010.

The Adrian Star Telegram reports that prosecutors asked the court to dismiss a charge of possession of an unregistered rifle against David Brian More…

Orly Taitz: Dismissal of Other Birther Suits Helps Me

By | 11.13.09 | 11:02 am

Orly Taitz, who really should be worrying about the final judgment ordering the U.S. Attorney to collect $20,000 from her, has filed a new sheaf of nonsense arguing that the long-awaited dismissal of Phil Berg’s birther lawsuit proves that her lawsuits really have legs.

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Pawlenty: I Support Sara Taylor-Style Focus on Voter Registration Fraud

By | 10.01.09 | 12:55 pm

On a morning conference call, I got a chance to ask Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) about voter registration, voter fraud, and his new PAC’s political adviser Sara Taylor. In the Bush administration, as a White House political director, Taylor got tangled in the scandal over the firing of U.S. More…

Emails, Transcripts Describe Involvement of Bush White House in U.S. Attorney Firing

By | 08.11.09 | 2:44 pm

Breaking news from The Washington Post:

The dismissal of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias in December 2006 followed extensive communication among lawyers and political aides in the White House who hashed over complaints about his work on public corruption cases against Democrats, according to newly

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Teaser of the Week: Chicago Edition

By | 05.28.09 | 1:23 pm

Approaching the end of a week already dominated by judiciary events, The Associated Press is running an intriguing story announcing that Chicago-based U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is poised this afternoon to announce new public corruption charges against an unnamed elected official.

According to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s

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Conyers: Don’t Appoint Granholm to Supreme Court

By | 05.18.09 | 10:27 am

Over at TWI’s sister site, The Michigan Messenger, Todd Heywood caught up with House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), who had some surprising things to say about the potential nomination of Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) to the Supreme Court.

U.S. Rep. John Conyers

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Obama to Appoint ‘Border Czar’

By | 04.16.09 | 12:30 pm

The Obama administration is expected to appoint Alan Bersin, a former U.S. Attorney in San Diego, to be its new “border czar”.

“The position will focus on illegal immigration into the U.S. as well as southbound gun trafficking and cash smuggling,” a Department of Homeland Security official told The More…