Ellison stands firm on Iraq war opposition by Matthew Little Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder […] Many participants touched on the impeachment question, but a middle-aged woman captured the essence of the audience feelings when, after expressing her appreciation for Ellison’s leadership, she went on to state, “This is not a ‘gotcha’ thing; it’s a constitutional thing. Our…
How lawyer navigates sea of secrecy in bizarre case By Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times Oakland lawyer Jon Eisenberg calls the case of Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. George W. Bush the strangest he has ever handled. How strange? Eisenberg was required to write one of his briefs in a windowless government office, without notes or…
Nick Juliano, Raw Story Local and federal agencies are to have vastly expanded access to information gathered from spy satellites in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reports. Information from “some of the U.S.’s most powerful intelligence-gathering tools” will soon be at the disposal of a wide array of law enforcement agencies at all levels…
By Klaus Marre, The Hill Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), at the urging of the panel’s ranking member, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), on Tuesday requested a meeting with President Bush to hammer out a deal that would allow key White House aides to testify before the panel on the firing of several U.S….
