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Showing posts with label Attorney General. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Attorney General. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

From the Washington POst: Attorney General Jeff Sessions repeats Trump threat that ‘sanctuary cities’ could lose Justice Department grants

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An example of coercive federalism? - Click here for the article Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday threatened to strip some “sanctua...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

From Lawfare: The Attorney General’s Role in the Clinton Email Mess

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The Attorney General is the FBI director's boss. The author suggests that she may bear some responsibility for recent events. - Click he...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

From Robert Jackson: The Federal Prosecutor

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This essay was flagged in the previous post. Jackson was an attorney general under FDR, and later a justice on the Supreme Court. Here he ru...

From Lawfare: Grab 'em by the Constitution: Trump and the Justice Department

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Some commentary on Trump's promise to put Clinton in jail if he wins the election. - Click here for the article . The attorney general...
Monday, April 18, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: Analysis: Legal Matters Could Temporarily Expand Abbott’s Power

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The plural executive might be - temporarily - a bit singular based on recent events. - Click here for the story . Texas doesn’t have a cab...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Random items for 2306 today

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A smorgasbord: Texas Tribune: In Texas, Making Presidential Ballot Won't Be Hard . The Texas GOP's State Republican Executive Commi...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Today in the Checks and Balances: the Senate Judiciary Committee questions Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch

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Nothing in the U.S. Constitution about this part of the process, but members of this committee have special jurisdiction over the Treasury D...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

The US and Texas militaries conflict over offering benefits to same-sex spouses.

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This is the same conflict we see in other areas regarding same-sex issues . Following a recent Supreme Court decision overturning part of th...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

Fast and Furious for Dummies

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Here's a quick look at the program at the heart of this particular conflict between Congress - or at least the House Oversight Committe...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Ashcroft v. al-Kidd

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a case involving both the material witness statute and whether the Attorney General can be sued. ...
Thursday, April 2, 2009

Steven's Conviction Dropped

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Attorney General Holder blames prosecutorial misconduct . During the corruption trial of former Alaska senator Ted Stevens , federal prose...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Ideology and the Justice Department

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From the New York Times comes a report detailing attempts by the Bush Administration to inject ideological considerations into hiring prac...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

The Mukasey Nomination

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I let the conflict over the Mukasey nomination slip without comment, but wanted to get some links up for posterity. His nomination raised ...
Monday, September 3, 2007

The Gonzales Resignation

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The resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales raises a few issues central to both 2301 and 2302. ( Here's a reasonable outline ...