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Archive for March, 2007

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3/28/2007

Law in the News will return on April 3rd

3/22/2007

Senate Panel Authorizes Subpoenas of Bush Aides
:: Scenes From a Hijacking

When Less Is More – The Nutty Legal Syllogism That Powers the Bush Administration

Prosecutor Says Bush Appointees Interfered With Tobacco Case

Child Online Protection Act Tossed
:: ACLU v. Gonzales (pdf)

3/21/2007

House Panel Authorizes Subpoenas for Top Bush Aides
:: E-mails Reveal Confused, Divided Justice Department

Judges Slow to Report Any Expense-Paid Trips
:: Exxon, Punitive Damages, and Judicial Junkets

American Croc Taken Off Endangered List, Now “Threatened”

Classified Red Cross Report Says Detainees Reported Abusive Treatment in CIA Secret Prisons

Paging Rose Mary Woods – ‘18-Day Gap’ in Release of Latest Emails in ‘AttorneyGate’
:: New Technique Lets Bloggers Tackle Late-Night News Dumps

3/20/2007

Bush Clashes With Congress on Prosecutors
:: Senate Votes, 94-2, to Restore Senate Confirmation of U.S. Attorneys
:: Special Prosecutor on Lam’s Firing Is Possible, Experts Say
:: Bush Fights Back
:: White House Counsel Letter Offering Interviews, No Oath or Transcript
:: The Porn Plot Against Prosecutors
:: Emails Reveal Conflicting Accounts
:: New Details Emerge
:: Gonzo-Meter

I.R.S. Agents Feel Pressed to End Corporate Cases, Allowing Billions in Taxes to Go Unpaid

Inquiry Revisits Accusations That DOJ Protected Lawmaker

Chief Inspector General: FBI Engaged in Widespread Misuse of National Security Letter Powers
:: Prepared Testimony (pdf)
:: FBI Issues New Rules For Getting Phone Records
:: Lawmakers Warn FBI Over Misuse of Data Collection

Material Shows White House Weakening of Climate Reports
:: “Free Speech… Is Subject to and Directed by Policy”

CIA Didn’t Try to Stop Secret Deportation of U.S. Citizen

Bush Renominates Five for Federal Judgeships

Supreme Court, 9-0, Allows Attorney Fees Recovery in Bankruptcy
:: Travelers Casualty & Surety v. Pacific Gas & Electric (pdf)

Justices Consider Harm of Excluding Testimony
:: Fry v. Pliler Transcript

Spanish Judge, Who Tried to Jail Pinochet, Calls for War Crimes Trial for Bush

Kennedy Recuses From Antitrust Case Involving Son’s Company

D.C. Circuit Judge Silberman “Dispels” Mistatements About His Position, Job Prospects in Other Branches

Contractors Ruled Shielded From World Trade Center Blaze Liability

3/19/2007

New Documents Reveal Depth of White House Involvement in Firings
:: Internal Rift at Justice Documented Amidst 2000 Pages of Emails
:: Smearing by Document Dump

Support for Gonzales Appears to Collapse, White House Floats Names of Replacements
:: Restoring a Perception of Independence
:: Justice Department to Turn Over New Documents
:: 2 Key Players in Scandal Were Up for U.S. Attorney Posts
:: Fired Prosecutor Was Invited to Train Others on Election Fraud Issues

Supreme Court Hears ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ Case
:: A Drug Exception to Student Free Speech?
:: Roberts, Alito May Split
:: Morse v. Frederick Transcript (pdf)

Should DWT – Driving While Texting – Be a Crime?

High Court Considers Wyoming Rancher’s Constitutional Right to Sue Over BLM Harassment
:: Wilkie v. Robbins Transcript (pdf)

We’re So Glad We Had This Time to Sue You…

Supreme Court Declines Cases on Harassment, Pensions

When Rendering Decisions, Judges Are Finding Law Reviews Irrelevant

A New Headache for Courts – Blogging Jurors


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