Months ago, federal prosecutors in San Francisco had recommended a plea deal for alleged gang member and accused triple-murderer Emile Fort that would have included a 40-year prison term.
President Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel fielded few questions about her abortion views and little opposition at a confirmation hearing yesterday.
A FOX News radio host never actually compared U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to a monkey who had escaped from a Seattle zoo as he discussed the AG’s recent comments…
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey delayed a report last fall by the Justice Department’s ethics unit that criticizes three lawyers who wrote the so-called torture memos approving harsh interrogation tactics…
Solicitor General nominee Elena Kagan said at her confirmation hearing yesterday that she would have defended a law requiring universities receiving federal funding to accept military recruiters.
The new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission is one of several lawyers joining the administration who are getting big lump-sum payments from their previous employers.
In a case closely watched for a preview of the Obama’s administration’s terrorism policies, a Justice Department lawyer invoked the state secrets privilege before a federal appeals court yesterday.
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