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U.S. / OPINION Wed Mar 7, 2007 @ 12:51pm neoform

Slate -- The U.S. attorneys purge scandal is heating up. The House and Senate have convened hearings for Tuesday, promising an orgy of named names and pointed fingers. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., now admits what he once denied: that he may have had a hand in the r.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 2, 2007 @ 12:15pm mrmdc

Raw Story -- House Judiciary Committee John Conyers today issued subpoenas against certain former U.S. Attorneys who were recently fired by the Bush Administration. The subpoenas were authorized by the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law (CAL), chaired by Con.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 1, 2006 @ 10:22pm neoform

Washington Post -- Attorneys for captives in the Guantanamo Bay military prison asked a federal appeals court yesterday to reject a provision of the new military-commission law that strips hundreds of detainees of their right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 4:19pm neoform

USA Today -- A classmate of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel testified Wednesday that he told attorneys before Skakel's 2002 trial about a claim implicating two other men in the 1975 murder that sent Skakel to prison. Crawford Mills, who went to a private school with.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 11:28pm neoform

FOX News -- Guidelines issued by U.S. attorneys in Texas showed that most illegal immigrants crossing into the state had to be arrested at least six times before federal authorities would prosecute them, according to an internal Justice Department memo. The disclo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 12:29am neoform

CNN -- Guidelines issued by U.S. attorneys in Texas showed that most illegal immigrants crossing into the state had to be arrested at least six times before federal authorities would prosecute them, according to an internal Justice Department memo. The disclo.. Read More