Prosecutors have declined to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling that threw out 13 indictments because the government pressured the defendants’ employer to stop paying their legal…
Barack Obama announced Eric Holder as his choice for attorney general this morning when the president-elect formally revealed his national security team at a Chicago news conference. Holder Dec 1, 2008 3:38 PM CST
Washington State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders now admits he stood and called Attorney General Michael Mukasey a “tyrant” during a speech last week, but he says some time elapsed…
Updated: A Washington Supreme Court justice accused of heckling U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey before his collapse says he wasn’t in the room at the time the AG went down.
Attorney General Michael Mukasey is returning to work this afternoon after his collapse yesterday evening while giving a speech on national security to the Federalist…
Updated: Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech on national security to the Federalist Society in Washington, D.C. on Thursday night, the Wall Street…
Barack Obama is being urged to restore public confidence in the Justice Department by keeping politics out of decision-making and reforming the Office of Legal Counsel.
Attorney General Michael Mukasey has asked lawyers in three immigration cases to submit briefs on whether aliens have a right to effective assistance of counsel and if so, how they…
Authorities arrested 642 pimps and adult prostitutes and rescued 47 youths in a multicity crackdown on a dozen sex trafficking rings that force children into prostitution.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has subpoenaed Attorney General Michael Mukasey to testify and provide Justice Department memos on terrorism legal advice.
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