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For example, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) had a very moderate, bipartisan, bicameral reform proposal that would insert rudimentary oversight and accountability provisions into the Patriot Act. [read post]
27 May 2011, 11:00 am by Jon Tracy
The connection of this law to improving national security and foreign relations with host nations was also stressed.Senators present included Patrick Leahy, (D-VT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Al Franken (D-MN), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). [read post]
27 May 2011, 9:02 am by David Ingram
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the committee’s chairman, announced the hearing today and said he would name witnesses for the hearing at a later date. [read post]
27 May 2011, 8:32 am by Steven Titch
Patrick Leahy (D-VT), as a big step toward closing this loophole. [read post]
26 May 2011, 8:47 am by David Kravets
Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), is an offshoot to the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act introduced last year, which was also held up by Wyden. [read post]
25 May 2011, 10:21 am by David Ingram
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is at least the third such attempt since a high-profile killing of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security guards in September 2007. [read post]
24 May 2011, 1:24 pm by aallwash
AALL supports an important bipartisan amendment expected to be offered by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) which would reform the expiring provisions, including the Section 215 provision. [read post]
21 May 2011, 12:10 pm by James Hamilton
The legislation was reported out of committee by a strong 16-2 bi-partisan vote and stands an excellent chance of passing the full Senate.The legislation is sponsored by Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa). [read post]
20 May 2011, 12:28 pm by Carter Wood
") An interesting little exchange followed the 12-6 vote to report out the bill:Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT): I want to compliment Sen. [read post]
19 May 2011, 11:48 am by David Ingram
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, accused Republicans of “shifting standards” on judicial nominations. [read post]
18 May 2011, 9:11 am
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) proposed sweeping digital privacy protections Tuesday that would require the government, for the first time, to get a probable-cause warrant to obtain e-mail and other content stored in the cloud. [read post]
18 May 2011, 8:43 am by immigrationprof
—The American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center commends Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, for convening today’s hearing on... [read post]
18 May 2011, 6:56 am by Greg Siskind
The American Immigration Council weighs in on the importance of the subject: The American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center commends Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, for convening today’s hearing on “Improving Efficiency and Ensuring Justice in the Immigration Court System. [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]
17 May 2011, 2:36 pm by Doug Isenberg
Senator Patrick Leahy unveiled legislation that would require the government to obtain a search warrant to access location information gathered by companies from their customers’ wireless devices. [read post]
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) took an important step toward giving all of us who live our lives online a measure of true digital privacy. [read post]
17 May 2011, 1:48 pm by Berin Szoka
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today introduced legislation (S. 1011) to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). [read post]