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5 Feb 2016, 4:19 am by Jay W. Belle Isle
Patrick Leahy on need for transparency in asbestos trusts.The post Sen. [read post]
20 Mar 2017, 11:03 am by Kent Scheidegger
According to the live blog of today's confirmation hearing at SCOTUSblog, Senator Patrick Leahy stated in his opening remarks that the Senate's refusal last year to consider an election-year nomination to the Supreme Court was "never grounded in principle or precedent. [read post]
8 Jan 2003, 1:43 pm
[JURIST] Outgoing Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy fired a warning shot [Leahy press release] Wednesday across President Bush's renomination of Judge Charles W. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 11:21 pm
Senator Patrick Leahy, Chair of the Senator Judiciary Committee, announced three witnesses for an upcoming Judiciary Committee hearing on Leahy's proposal to establish a nonpartisan commission to examine national security policies, including detention and treatment of enemy combatants, in the... [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 11:59 am by David Ingram
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is getting ready for another two years as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and he's starting off playing to a favorite issue of his Republican counterpart. [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 2:09 pm by immigrationprof
Government Abroad On Path To Citizenship WASHINGTON (Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010) – Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 9:44 am by David Ingram
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) was among the first to hear from Justice John Paul Stevens that he might retire, when Leahy and Stevens had a meeting in January. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 2:47 am
Another day, another letter from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, this time to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 12:21 pm by David Ingram
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a committee vote for Tuesday, July... [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 5:21 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Patent Docs suggests Senator Leahy is trying a tricky maneuver to get S.515 passed:But that is only if Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is successful in sneaking the bill into the Small Business Loan Funding bill (H.R. 5297) to be considered in the next few days. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 2:46 pm by Kent Scheidegger
Vermont Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders have endorsed the concept that greater penalties for crime have a deterrent effect. [read post]
16 Aug 2007, 2:37 am
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has tried a new tactic in an attempt to obtain information from the White House about the firing of nine U.S. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 12:25 pm by David Ingram
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has put into writing a proposal he first discussed publicly in June: allowing a retired U.S. [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 12:34 pm
The WSJ's Evan Perez reports today that Senator Patrick J. [read post]
19 Jul 2007, 1:02 am
[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official website] on Wednesday took the unusual step of sending Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile; JURIST news archive] a letter listing 12 written questions [PDF text] that Leahy hopes Gonzales will be prepared to address when he appears before the Judiciary Committee on July 24. [read post]
21 Sep 2005, 4:19 am
Patrick Leahy [official website], ranking Democrat on the US Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that he will support the confirmation [Leahy statement] of John Roberts [JURIST news archive] as Chief Justice of the United States. 11:34 AM ET - In his statement to the Senate [text], Leahy expressed disappointment with the administration for failing to properly consult the [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 9:54 am by David Ingram
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) opened Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's confirmation hearing today with a defense of her future independence. [read post]