Tough-guy Jack Bauer of the FOX TV program 24 never thought twice about hardball tactics that included shootings, beatings, mutilations and electroshocks. He and his colleagues did whatever was needed…
David Stockman’s lead defense lawyer claims the government made a mistake by relying on an internal corporate investigation by Davis Polk & Wardwell to bring criminal charges against his client.
A partner who practices in the same law firm as attorney general nominee Eric Holder is likely to be named the head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, two publications…
Barack Obama faces some tough choices regarding Bush terrorism policies, including whether to investigate Bush administration officials for authorizing domestic wiretaps or harsh interrogations of suspects.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether an order by President Bush restored Iraq’s immunity from lawsuits that could result in $1 billion or more in liability for the country’s…
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott maintains that inauguration prayer is constitutional in an amicus brief that opposes a lawsuit by a group of atheists.
Attorney General nominee Eric Holder pressured pardon staffers in the Clinton administration’s Justice Department to change their stance and recommend clemency for members of two Puerto Rican nationalist groups, according…
Days before a new presidential regime will be in place at the White House, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey issued a written opinion (PDF) yesterday finding that…
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.
President-elect Obama’s inauguration committee had raised $22 million from individuals by the end of 2008, and lawyers contributed $1.8 million of that amount.
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