President-elect Obama’s choice to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has been a vocal critic of the Bush administration’s terrorism policies and the legal opinions that authorized them.
In an about-face, California Attorney General Jerry Brown is asking the state supreme court to overturn a voter-approved constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage in the state.
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey won’t participate in an investigation of Bernard Madoff, accused of defrauding investors of $50 billion in a huge Ponzi scheme.
Public sector employment would mean a big cut in regular pay for attorney general nominee Eric Holder, but he’ll have a big payout from his law firm to cushion the…
Senate Republicans are seeking documents about Eric Holder’s role in three clemency cases and other controversial issues arising from his work in the Clinton-era Justice Department.
Speaking against the advice of his lawyers, a former Justice Department official told Newsweek magazine that he leaked news of the government’s warrantless wiretap program.
A new Justice Department rule scheduled to take effect Jan. 9 expands an FBI crime database to include DNA from all people arrested for federal crimes and noncitizens who are…
Barack Obama’s Justice Department transition team may not be able to see some sensitive legal opinions until after the January inauguration, even though some of the members have received security…
The former chief of staff for ex-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has taken a leave of absence from Hunton & Williams as an investigation into the firing of nine U.S. attorneys…
Republican Sen. Arlen Specter says Eric Holder’s role in a controversial pardon will be a “big question” at his confirmation hearing for U.S. attorney general.
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