In an apparent effort to deter protesters potentially seeking to make a scene at a state constitutional law class taught by the controversial John Yoo, the University…
Two justices were quick to react when Solicitor General Elena Kagan made a slipup in oral arguments yesterday on the federal government’s power to commit sexually dangerous persons.
Citing an “unacceptable tide of domestic and sexual violence” on Indian reservations, a senior U.S. Department of Justice official has called on federal prosecutors in 33 states to step up…
Attorney General Eric Holder says he has no doubts about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, despite racial remarks he made about Barack Obama during the presidential campaign.
Attorney General Eric Holder didn’t win the Mustached American of the Year contest, but he has succeeded on another front: A men’s magazine has named him maverick of the year.
An open records advocate contends that a free source of legal documents could eventually save the federal government $1 billion, and he offers the Justice Department as Exhibit A.
ABA President Carolyn Lamm sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday, praising his move to bring detainees suspected of being involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks to trial.
Former Justice Department lawyer Robert Coughlin cried in court Tuesday as he apologized to a judge for accepting gifts from a lobbyist friend while working on legislative affairs in the…
Top prosecutors from Manhattan and Alexandria, Va., visited a secret command center in the Justice Department’s headquarters on two different occasions to present their case for handling the trial of…
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