March 11th, 2010
Justice | 
Be the First to Comment
In a video ad circulated over the Internet, the group called Keep America Safe questioned the values of a number of lawyers now working for the Justice Department who did legal work in the past on behalf of terror detainees. Keep America Safe was co-founded by Liz Cheney, daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, [...]
February 6th, 2010
Justice | Be the First to Comment
The president touched off a controversy when he broke with tradition - and decorum, his critics said - by criticizing the courts recent campaign finance decision in his speech with six justices in attendance and bound by their own tradition of not reacting to what is said. (Justice Antonin Scalia once said he no longer [...]
February 6th, 2010
Justice | Be the First to Comment
Justice Department lawyers, calling an amended settlement an improvement over an earlier deal, said it still “suffers from the same core problem as the original agreement.”
The agreement “still confers significant and possibly anticompetitive advantages on Google,” the department said in a [...]
January 30th, 2010
Justice | Be the First to Comment
The citys top police official says he thinks the trial wont take place anywhere in the city.
The Justice Department is drawing up plans for possible alternate locations to try professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices in case Congress or local officials prevent the trial from being held in Manhattan, two administration [...]
January 29th, 2010
Justice | Be the First to Comment
At the same time, Justice Anthony Kennedys majority opinion left open the possibility that some day foreign corporations will be free to spend money in U.S. political campaigns.
Resolving that question “would require another lawsuit,” said Tara Malloy, a lawyer with the [...]
January 12th, 2010
Justice | Be the First to Comment
Making her first argument as the federal governments high court advocate, Kagan urges the nine justices to keep rules in place barring corporations from buying political campaign ads. Kagan contends that the restrictions protect investors who disagree with a companys political positions.
[...]
January 10th, 2010
Justice | Be the First to Comment
Floodwaters long ago ate away the walls of her corner bedroom, where the current head of the Environmental Protection Agency once hung Michael Jackson and Prince posters and studied her way to the top of her high school class.
Faded spray paint, left by search teams to indicate that no bodies were found, serves as a [...]
January 7th, 2010
Justice | Be the First to Comment
Lawyers for Birkenfeld, a former UBS banker, claimed prosecutors made “inaccurate, misleading and incomplete” statements about him at his Aug. 21 sentencing hearing and in an interview on CBS Corp.s 60 Minutes television show aired Jan. 3. Birkenfeld, 44, must report to prison on Jan. 8 and cant extend his surrender date as he requested, [...]
November 28th, 2009
Justice | Be the First to Comment
The court operates under no deadlines, but usually produces an opinion or two by the middle of November, especially if Roberts or the equally speedy Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is writing for a unanimous court.
The justices heard arguments a month earlier than usual in an important campaign finance case that could affect spending by corporations [...]
November 17th, 2009
Justice | Be the First to Comment
Since becoming the first Hispanic justice, Sotomayor has mamboed with movie stars, exchanged smooches with musicians at the White House and thrown out the first pitch for her beloved New York Yankees. A famous jazz composer even wrote a song about her: “Wise Latina Woman.”
In short, Sotomayor has become a celebrity - all without having [...]