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4 Aug 2010, 8:10 am
[JURIST] The US Senate [official website] on Tuesday heard final statements [transcript] on the confirmation of US Supreme Court [official website] nominee Elena Kagan [official profile; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 3:46 pm
In order to prevent this from becoming a reality, the Senators urged the CFPB to develop of definition of qualified mortgage using clear standards. [read post]
10 Mar 2005, 10:56 am
[JURIST] The US Senate has passed a credit card-company backed bankruptcy bill that will make it harder for many Americans to clear their debts. [read post]
14 Mar 2003, 8:41 am
[JURIST] The Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] has posted recorded video of yesterday's marathon hearing (over 9 hours) on the nomination of Priscilla Owen [DOJ nomination info] to the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. [read post]
18 May 2011, 6:47 am
[JURIST] US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official website] introduced a bill [text, PDF] Tuesday amending the 25-year-old Electronic Communications and Privacy Act (EPCA) [text], which he authored, to require the government to obtain a warrant before searching private e-mails and other data stored on an Internet cloud. [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 5:45 am
[JURIST] The US Senate [official website] approved the USA Freedom Act [HR 2048 materials] on Tuesday, which reduces the federal government's surveillance of Americans' phone records. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 2:30 pm
[JURIST] US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) [official website], along with five cosponsors, introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit funding for civilian trials of Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees and place restrictions on the transfer of detainees to foreign countries. [read post]
7 May 2024, 1:55 pm
The letter also highlighted the American Service-Members’ Protection Act, which prohibits federal, state and local governments from assisting the ICC and authorizes the US President “to use all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release” of any “US person” or ally detained by the ICC. *** Read More… [read post]
20 Jul 2005, 3:21 pm
[JURIST] Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) said Wednesday he preferred waiting until September to begin hearings for US Supreme Court nominee John G. [read post]
23 Jun 2004, 4:57 pm
Senator Arlen Specter is seeking support from the Bush administration and fellow US senators for a non-binding Senate resolution calling on Iraq's interim government to put Saddam Hussein on trial "as soon as possible" following the June 30 transfer of power. [read post]
11 Jan 2006, 6:07 am
[JURIST] Democratic senators on the US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] Wednesday pressed apparent inconsistencies in answers to questions by Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito [official profile; JURIST news archive] during his third day of his confirmation hearings. [read post]
24 May 2018, 1:21 pm
The Senate bill requires members of the House and Senate to reimburse the US Treasury for payment of any settlements, and an annual reporting of these payments will be released. [read post]
26 Jun 2007, 1:56 pm
[JURIST] The US Senate voted 64-35 [roll call] Tuesday to revive the comprehensive immigration reform bill [S 1639 summary]. [read post]
20 Mar 2007, 4:17 pm
Demonstrative of the mood in Congress over the handling of the US Attorney fiasco, the Senate voted 94-2 in favor of a bill that would cancel the attorney general's power to appoint U.S. attorneys without Senate confirmation. [read post]
24 May 2012, 1:11 pm
Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution grants the President "... [read post]
7 Jun 2016, 12:22 pm
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation recently released a report of its investigation that shows some automakers are still using the defective airbag inflators in new vehicles. [read post]
12 Jul 2023, 9:32 am
On Monday, July 10th, two top US Senate Democrats announced they would be pushing forward a bill meant to close perceived loopholes in the federal judiciary. [read post]
15 Mar 2007, 7:21 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] agreed by voice-vote Thursday to issue subpoenas compelling five current and former DOJ aides and six fired US Attorneys to testify before the committee on whether their firings were politically motivated [JURIST report]. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 4:25 am
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official website], chair of the US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website], asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile; JURIST news archive] in a letter [text] Thursday to provide more details and respond to outstanding questions concerning his role in the firings of eight US Attorneys [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
30 Apr 2008, 9:53 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [official website] voted Tuesday to restrict Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] interrogators to techniques explicitly authorized by the military, approving a measure that would effectively prevent the CIA from using waterboarding [JURIST news archive] during interrogations. [read post]
