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22 Aug 2007, 11:10 am
The US Justice Department is finalizing regulations that would give Attorney General Alberto Gonzales new authority in capital cases to shorten the time death row inmates have to appeal their convictions in federal court.The new provisions, added to last year's reauthorization of the "anti-terror" USA Patriot Act, grant the attorney general the power to decide whether individual states are providing adequate legal counsel to capital defendants. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 11:05 am
Mr Gonzales, in turn, often omitted mitigating evidence.At no time has Mr Bush seen any contradiction with his avowed commitment to the sanctity of life. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 2:12 pm
Last week Attorney General Alberto Gonzales proposed regulations aimed at radically limiting the ability of federal courts to review the constitutionality of death sentences imposed in state courts. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 12:09 pm
"In the guise of passing legislation to fight terrorism, Congress has been willing to hand over an amazing amount of power to the executive branch -- and particularly to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 9:31 am
Slate 8/20/07 Editorial, The Founders Had an Idea for Handling Alberto Gonzales. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 5:00 pm
A little handwringing and equivocation BEFORE handing over this unprecedented power to Alberto Gonzales would have been in order. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 12:38 pm
A loyal reader sent me Jason Leopold's, "Former US Attorney Wary of Gonzales's New Powers," from TruthOut.org.Paul Charlton, former US attorney for Arizona, told Truthout on Tuesday that a new law authorizing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to fast-track executions is ill-conceived because it gives power to an official who has little regard for capital punishment cases. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 8:15 am
Attorney General Alberto R. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 5:22 am
Alberto Gonzales, who never met a death-row inmate he wouldn't put away in a heartbeat, has now given himself the ability to ‘fast-track' executions through the Justice Department. [read post]
19 Aug 2007, 9:02 pm
"The Founders Had an Idea for Handling Alberto Gonzales": Adam Cohen has this Editorial Observer essay today in The New York Times. [read post]
19 Aug 2007, 11:54 am
Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales. [read post]
18 Aug 2007, 12:41 pm
Here's what we already know about the orders: After contending since 2005 that NSA wiretapping did not require warrants, the White House reversed itself on January 17, 2007, when Alberto Gonzales announced that "any surveillance that was occurring as part of the [NSA Program would] now be conducted subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 2:16 pm
" After the Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales unexpectedly announced that the warrantless spying program would now be overseen by the very court it originally avoided. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 9:09 am
The Judge Alberto Gonzales Lying is a Sometimes Necessary Form of Protected Free Speech Act of 2007. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 6:50 am
Mr Gonzales, in turn, often omitted mitigating evidence. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 4:10 am
Now, it appears none other than Alberto Gonzales--Bush's main enabler back in Texas--is being granted more power than ever to continue the legacy.With people's energy (arguably) focused on protesting the war, many people have turned their attention away from the death penalty, even as injustices are carried out every day. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 2:47 am
Leahy is asking for an investigation of a variety of statements made by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that... [read post]
16 Aug 2007, 6:08 pm
As others have noted, the notes back up Mueller and Comey's account of then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales' and White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card's attempt to get the ailing Ashcroft to overrule Comey and give a legal blessing to the secret, warrantless intelligence activities. [read post]
16 Aug 2007, 5:12 pm
Alberto Gonzales, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee last month about his visit to John Ashcroft's hospital bed: "We would not have sought, nor did we intend to get any approval from General Ashcroft if, in fact, he wasn't fully competent to make that decision. [read post]
16 Aug 2007, 2:00 pm
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official website] on Thursday asked [press release; PDF text] Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn Fine to investigate potentially misleading or dishonest testimony given in previous hearings by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile] before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [read post]
