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scotusblog.com - 12/10/2008
Argument preview: Making a case against high officials
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At 10 a.m. Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Ashcroft, et al., v. Iqbal (07-1015). Solicitor General Gregory G. Garre, in an indication of the importance of the case to the government, will argue himself for the present and former officials of the Bush Administration. ...
leahy.senate.gov - 12/13/2008
New Leadership Needed At Justice Department Without Delay
— leahy.senate.gov — WASHINGTON (Friday, Dec. 12, 2008) – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today released the following... statement urging Democrats and Republicans to work with the incoming administration to promptly confirm Eric Holder, ... (more) New Leadership Needed At Justice Department Without Delay

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washingtonmonthly.com - 12/12/2008
No Bailout
— washingtonmonthly.com — No Bailout From the NYT: "The Senate on Thursday night abandoned efforts to fashion a government rescue... of the American automobile industry, as Senate Republicans refused to support a bill endorsed by the White House and Congressional Democrats. The ... (more) No Bailout

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obsidianwings.blogs.com - 12/12/2008
No Bailout
— obsidianwings.blogs.com — by hilzoy From the NYT : "The Senate on Thursday night abandoned efforts to fashion a government... rescue of the American automobile industry, as Senate Republicans refused to support a bill endorsed by the White House and Congressional ... (more) No Bailout

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ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society:  Justices Consider Questions On Police Searches, Discrimination Claims and Legal Immunity for Administration

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Justices Consider Questions On Police Searches, Discrimination Claims and Legal Immunity for Administration
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society — ... mental abuse of Arab Muslims picked up and detained in harsh conditions in a Brooklyn, N.Y., jail in the weeks and months after” the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Denniston wrote for Scotusblog. Denniston concluded that a “majority of Justices seemed concerned about requiring officials of Cabinet or near-Cabinet level to answer in court for the way they react in the immediate, perhaps-frenzied after math of a severe threat to national security.” See Denniston’s analysis of the oral argument in Ashcroft v. Iqbal. ...

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