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1 Jun 2011, 5:48 am
"Supreme Court rejects suit against John Ashcroft; The justices throw out a lawsuit by Abdullah Kidd, who says he was held as a material witness under improper motives; The ruling broadens protections for government officials, including the former attorney general": David G. [read post]
11 Apr 2008, 10:14 am
One of those who had a problem -- John Ashcroft: The ABC News report portrayed Ashcroft as troubled by the discussions, despite agreeing that the interrogations methods were legal. [read post]
23 May 2007, 11:54 am
I blame John Ashcroft! [read post]
6 Aug 2014, 5:36 am by Immigration Prof
John Stanton on BuzzFeed reports on a troubling development -- the Obama administration is using a Bush-era ruling by Attorney General John Ashcroft to classify the recent wave of undocumented immigrants that have hit the southern border as a “national... [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 8:48 pm by Orin Kerr
Al-Kidd has sued John Ashcroft under the Fourth Amendment for Ashcroft’s policy of using the material witness statute for purposes of national security detention. [read post]
13 Apr 2004, 9:36 am
A 9/11 Commission staff report released Tuesday says that despite claiming that his department had "no higher priority" than protecting Americans from terrorism, Attorney General John Ashcroft did not include terrorism as a budgetary priority in a May 10, 2001 memo which mentioned illegal drugs, gun violence and other traditional issues, and in fact turned down an FBI request for an 8% increase [read post]
15 Jun 2007, 3:33 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that Javaid Iqbal, who alleges he was detained "solely because of [his] race, religion, and national origin" following the September 11 terrorist attacks [JURIST news archive] and subjected to mistreatment during detention, can proceed with civil lawsuits against former Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 7:18 pm
Ashcroft, John (prisoner appeal case) [uploaded: 09/10/2008] En Banc [read post]
26 Nov 2007, 2:04 pm
Ashcroft, John (prisoner appeal case) [uploaded: 11/26/2007] [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 8:41 pm
John Ashcroft doesn't think waterboarding is torture. [read post]
5 Sep 2009, 1:09 pm
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that former Attorney General John Ashcroft is not entitled to absolute or qualified immunity against... [read post]
9 May 2003, 8:14 am
US Attorney General John Ashcroft was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 9, 1942. [read post]
23 Oct 2010, 1:42 pm by johntfloyd
Attorney John Ashcroft who was sued under the federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 7:25 am by Joe Consumer
While there was lots of coverage of yesterday's seemingly slam-dunk 8 to 0 Supreme Court decision exonerating former Attorney General John Ashcroft for personal liability in the Ashcroft v. al-Kidd case (see our earlier coverage here), the most interesting analyses were the ones pointing out how uncertain and disjointed the results really are. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 7:25 am by Joe Consumer
While there was lots of coverage of yesterday's seemingly slam-dunk 8 to 0 Supreme Court decision exonerating former Attorney General John Ashcroft for personal liability in the Ashcroft v. al-Kidd case (see our earlier coverage here), the most interesting analyses were the ones pointing out how uncertain and disjointed the results really are. [read post]
11 May 2009, 12:16 pm
Here's a link to my letter to the editor published in today's edition of the New York Times in response to an op-ed last week by former Attorney General John Ashcroft concerning deferred prosecution agreements. [read post]
27 Jul 2005, 8:14 am
[JURIST] In an interview with the Associated Press reported Tuesday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [Wikipedia profile] said he would reconsider his predecessor John Ashcroft's policies [AP article] on public access to government information. [read post]