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5 Sep 2009, 3:10 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that former attorney general John Ashcroft [JURIST news archive] is not entitled to absolute and qualified immunity, allowing an unlawful detention lawsuit by US citizen Abdullah Al-Kidd to go forward. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 6:15 pm
A three judge panel in the 9th Circuit has ruled Abdullah al-Kidd, an American who converted to Islam during college, was illegally detained by the Bush Administration under the material witness statute, and can seek damages personally from former Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 4:40 pm
The 9th Circuit has ruled that John Ashcroft, former Attorney General, can be sued for post 9/11 detention abuses. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 3:19 pm
Courtof Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained as material witnesses after 9/11. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 2:28 pm
A federal appeals court has ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft may be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained as material witnesses after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.In a harshly worded ruling handed down Friday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. [read post]
4 Aug 2009, 11:16 am
Supreme Court case involving a fellow named Javaid Iqbal (here, here, here) who was never charged with any 9/11-related terrorism, but nevertheless was subjected to all sorts of horrible treatment over the course of several months, and ultimately attempted to sue former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert S. [read post]
16 Jul 2009, 9:57 am
Attorney General John Ashcroft also did not learn details about the program until later. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 10:50 am
Last year the former U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Christopher Christie, came under fire for a multimillion-dollar contract he awarded to the firm of John Ashcroft, his former boss at the Justice Department. [read post]
12 Jul 2009, 1:36 pm
I'd also note, as I did the other day, that key Bush officials refused to be interviewed for the report, such as Counsel to Vice President David Addington, White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Attorney General John Ashcroft, DOJ Office of Legal Counsel Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo, and former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet. [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 12:44 pm
That led to a much publicized showdown that included a race to then Attorney General John Ashcroft’s hospital bed and a handwritten note, never delivered, from FBI director Robert Mueller. [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 12:26 pm
It also says: key figures such as Bush White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, former Attorney General John D. [read post]
4 Jul 2009, 1:09 pm
The Iqbal decision then emerged, with the Court blocking a lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and current FBI Director Robert Mueller. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 12:00 pm
He's received endorsements from leaders on the far right, including former Bush Attorney General and confidante John Ashcroft. [read post]
28 Jun 2009, 5:01 pm
First, the Court held that former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert Mueller could not be held liableâ€â [read post]
26 Jun 2009, 2:04 am
Attorney Christopher Christie told a House subcommittee Thursday that he did nothing wrong when he steered a multimillion-dollar contract to the firm of former Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
26 Jun 2009, 1:19 am
Attorney Christopher Christie told a House subcommittee on Thursday that he did nothing wrong when he steered a contract worth as much as $52 million to the firm of former Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
23 May 2009, 4:05 am
The Ashcroft case was about whether a Pakistani citizen could maintain a civil action against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and former FBI Director Robert Mueller for violation of the plaintiff's civil rights in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. [read post]
20 May 2009, 11:52 am
Iqbal, which concerned whether current and former federal officials, including FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft, are entitled to qualified immunity against allegations they knew of or condoned racial and religious discrimination against individuals detained in the wake of the September 11 attacks. [read post]
20 May 2009, 8:52 am
Supreme Court case involving Javaid Iqbal who was never charged with any 9/11-related terrorism, but nevertheless, suffered inhumane treatment in federal prison for months, and sought to hold former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert S. [read post]
20 May 2009, 1:31 am
The ruling dismissed a complaint filed by a Pakistani Muslim against former Attorney General John Ashcroft seeking to hold Ashcroft liable for policies that led to the roundup of aliens following Sept. 11, 2001. [read post]
