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9 Jan 2018, 8:36 am
As we begin the second session of the 115th Congress, let’s take a moment to look back at the highs and lows from the first session. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 11:54 am
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, expressing his “increasing[] concern” that federal law enforcement agencies appropriate the identity of others without their knowledge or consent and further urging the Justice Department to reevaluate its policies on this tactic . [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 2:59 am
Patrick Leahy, D-VT, that seeks to increase the criminal penalties for knowingly shipping tainted food and would allow federal prosecutors to seek up to a ten-year jail sentence for doing that.The Center also supports an amendment from Senators Bernie Sanders I-VT, and Barbara Boxer, D-CA, that clarifies the existing authority that states have to require the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 6:01 am
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has long provided internet platforms like Twitter and Facebook with immunity from claims based on third-party content that appears on their platforms. [read post]
10 Aug 2022, 5:01 am
There has been no serious dispute for years that the Guantanamo military commissions have failed. [read post]
29 Oct 2019, 12:44 pm
It has been almost three weeks since the president ordered the precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces from northeast Syria. [read post]
9 May 2017, 5:58 pm
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) — Senate Judiciary Committee: The President’s actions, and the way it has been handled, is shocking. [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 10:12 am
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 5:38 am
Charles Grassley – an investigation assailed for its partisan and ham-handed methods by Judiciary Committee Chair, Patrick Leahy. [read post]
7 May 2015, 11:24 am
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the NSA’s warrantless bulk collection of Americans’ phone records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act is illegal. [read post]
31 Dec 2008, 12:26 am
See Letter to the Honorable Patrick Leahy Chair, Judiciary Committee (dated June 20, 2008); see also New Support For Attorney-Client Privilege Legislation. [read post]
24 Feb 2022, 6:12 pm
Apple’s petition attracted four amicus briefs, including a bipartisan brief from Senator Patrick Leahy (D) and Congressman Darrell Issa (R). [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 7:55 am
In the Senate: Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Kent Conrad D-ND), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Bob Graham (D-FL), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Paul Wellstone (D-MN), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Lincoln Chafee… [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 7:49 pm
The 133rd Federal Congress is being bombarded with Firearms Legislation. [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 11:01 am
A little over a week after Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced he was leaving his post, CNN reports that President Obama has decided on Ashton Carter, who served as Deputy Defense Secretary under both Leon Panetta and Hagel, to be his replacement. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 11:20 am
It case you missed it, Senator Patrick Leahy has released his surveillance reform bill on Tuesday. [read post]
2 Jan 2014, 10:45 pm
On December 20, the Department of Justice announced that it had recovered approximately $3.8 billion in fraud investigations during the 2013 fiscal year. [read post]
12 Feb 2013, 5:50 am
Cantwell is an original co-sponsor of the bill introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on January 22, 2013. [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 9:01 pm
To the surprise of many, Time magazine selected Pope Francis as their “Person of the Year,” rather than their runner-up, Edward Snowden, whose spectacular leaking of National Security Agency (NSA) secrets earned him this name: “The Dark Prophet. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 11:40 am
Dear ICANN and Members of the ICANN Board: In just five months, since the Association of National Advertisers formed the Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight (“CRIDO”) and organized the global constituencies that have partnered and irrefutably shown that serious problems with ICANN’s proposal to open the DNS to unlimited TLDs remain unresolved despite years of deliberation by ICANN. [read post]
