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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]
10 Mar 2008, 6:41 am
District Judge Reggie Walton requires Locy - not her former employer or others - to pay the fines as long as she refuses to identify her sources. 'This court appreciates the importance of the media's ability to freely report the news in a democratic society like the United States,' Walton said. 'But just as the First Amendment is a fundamental component of the American system, so too is the rule of law.' "   "Hatfill, publicly… [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 9:43 am by Andrew Koppelman
Duncan claims that Attorney General Holder tried to throw the case. [read post]
20 Nov 2007, 11:44 pm
Attorney General John Ashcroft's firm could earn $52.2 million helping prosecutors monitor a leading maker of knee and hip replacements, according to public filings. [read post]
7 May 2012, 10:37 am by Courtney Minick
Yoo, finding that plaintiffs do not have a cause of action against the former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John C. [read post]
7 May 2012, 10:37 am by Courtney Minick
Yoo, finding that plaintiffs do not have a cause of action against the former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John C. [read post]
24 Apr 2008, 1:00 pm
Questionable judgment about and excessive devotion to blindly loyal subordinates One of the key complaints that I've heard about the Bush Administration is that it made mistakes in appointing people like former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, and of course, Vice President Dick Cheney. [read post]
16 Sep 2009, 12:17 pm
” That statement comes two weeks after Tom Ridge, the former Homeland Security secretary, wrote in a new book, the Test of Our Times, that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and former Attorney General John Ashcroft unsuccessfully lobbied him to raise the threat level days before the 2004 elections, in a bid to seal President George W. [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 1:44 pm
Iqbal, et al. (07-1015), where the Second Circuit allowed a Bivens suit to proceed against FBI Director Robert Mueller, former Attorney General John Ashcroft and various prison officials over alleged detainee discrimination after September 11, 2001 (filings available here). [read post]
28 Jul 2007, 5:09 pm
The confrontation in 2004 led to a showdown in the hospital room of then Attorney General John Ashcroft, where Mr. [read post]
11 Dec 2015, 1:37 pm by CJLF Staff
Attorney Rudy Giuliani, former Attorney General John Ashcroft and drug control czar William Bennett, argued in a letter that, "Mandatory minimums and proactive law enforcement measures have caused a dramatic reduction in crime over the past 25 years, an achievement we cannot afford to give back. [read post]
28 Sep 2008, 12:44 pm
And in a New York case, the justices will decide whether John Ashcroft can be held liable for the arrest and alleged mistreatment of Muslim immigrants after the Sept. 11 attacks, when he was attorney general. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:08 am by gstasiewicz
” Among the highlights from these documents obtained by Judicial Watch: The NSC Summary of Conclusions includes a detailed list of Bush administration officials who attended the June 19, 2003 meeting, including: Former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who chaired the meeting; Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; Former Attorney General John Ashcroft; Former Deputy Secretary of State… [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 1:45 pm
But that was severely curtailed by former Attorney General John Ashcroft in a move to eliminate a backlog of immigration appeals. [read post]
20 Jul 2010, 8:35 am by Steve Hall
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft -- viewed as an aggressive death penalty proponent -- authorized 22 percent of 631 cases, while Alberto Gonzales said yes to 19 percent, and Michael Mukasey to 13 percent. [read post]
1 Jul 2007, 9:46 pm
The pace of overrulings picked up under Gonzales's predecessor, Attorney General John D. [read post]
18 May 2017, 8:00 am by Daniel Perlman
The new Justice Department policy was quick to cancel the Obama administration’s attempts to end harsh sentencing strategies and actually restores some of the language from a 2003 memo written by then Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
1 Oct 2009, 2:16 pm by Tom Parker
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Attorney General John Ashcroft had violated the rights of U.S. citizens in the wake of the 9/11 attacks by using material witness warrants to detain suspects without charge. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 2:06 pm by Amy Howe
Representing former U.S. attorney general John Ashcroft and former FBI director Robert Mueller, Gershengorn focused primarily on whether the detainees could hold the senior government officials individually liable in a federal lawsuit for damages for alleged violations of their constitutional rights – known as a “Bivens” remedy. [read post]
4 Jun 2011, 6:23 pm by royblack
Al-Kidd, the court gave an immunity bath for our esteemed former attorney general John Ashcroft. [read post]