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Kudos to BlueDotRedField's diary shining sunlight on more lawlessness by the administration. The Bush administration has undertaken a ...
by Caoimhin Laochdha
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on Fri Aug 03, 2007 at 04:46 AM PDT
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The Attorney General has better job security than you do!
I’ve said it many times, but here goes one more time: ALBERTO GONZALES IS NOT RESIGNING. Abu has better job security than most anyone ...
by Caoimhin Laochdha
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on Thu May 10, 2007 at 11:12 AM PDT
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...it's that they are Republican partisan jerks.
Talk Left has a post up announcing today's decision by the Supreme Court overturning the penalty in three Texas murder cases.
http://www....
by Magster
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on Wed Apr 25, 2007 at 03:59 PM PDT
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Is it culture or politics?
1990s GOP PLAN: Once they decided to impeach a Democratic president, the GOP scoured everywhere to find, create or develop the illusion of a crime to justify their ...
by Caoimhin Laochdha
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on Wed Apr 25, 2007 at 03:11 AM PDT
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Yesterday a message was sent from the working staff of the Department of Justice to AG Alberto Gonzales and the Bush Administration.
On Friday, the former number two at the Department of the ...
by dengre
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on Sat Mar 24, 2007 at 09:11 PM PDT
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Cross-posted from Tort Deform
A recent post by guest ...
by cyrus dugger
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on Wed Mar 07, 2007 at 01:44 PM PST
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Now that Scooter Libby has been convicted, the appeals process will begin. Speculation already abounds as to whether and which evidentiary rulings made by Judge Walton will form the basis for a ...
by greggp
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on Tue Mar 06, 2007 at 04:48 PM PST
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An extremely important decision (link) came down from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday. The Fourth Circuit affirmed ...
by senor wylie
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on Mon Mar 05, 2007 at 08:59 AM PST
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Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a law suit that had been filed against the government ...
by Gary Norton
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on Sat Mar 03, 2007 at 01:25 PM PST
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Yes, I gave Rummy short shrift in my book because there were so many other bad guys on whom I needed to vent my spleen. But let me be clear, I got into trouble because any serious inquiry ...
by Jesselyn Radack
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on Mon Feb 26, 2007 at 02:46 AM PST
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My name is Jesselyn Radack and I am the former Justice Department ethics attorney and whistleblower in the case of "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh. In today's issue of The National Law ...
by Jesselyn Radack
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on Mon Feb 19, 2007 at 08:20 AM PST
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The proverbial refrain of "kill the lawyers" -- (particularly out-of-place in relation to the actions of the Bush/Cheney Justice Department's purge) -- pops up in the discussion ...
by Caoimhin Laochdha
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on Thu Feb 08, 2007 at 07:19 AM PST
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This is in response to Machiavellianman's post about Nebraska State Senator Lowen Kruse's really dumb idea: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/18/10541/7261
I recommned reading his diary and ...
by Caoimhin Laochdha
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on Thu Jan 18, 2007 at 10:57 AM PST
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Today's Washington Post contains an Editorial with an ominous message for large corporate law firms ...
by AlecH
215 comments
on Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 10:12 AM PST
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