Search for: "JOHN ASHCROFT, Former Attorney General"
Results 101 - 120
of 398
Sort by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
1 Jun 2011, 5:48 am
"Supreme Court rejects suit against John Ashcroft; The justices throw out a lawsuit by Abdullah Kidd, who says he was held as a material witness under improper motives; The ruling broadens protections for government officials, including the former attorney general": David G. [read post]
31 May 2011, 4:02 pm
" And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined "Supreme Court: US Muslim cannot sue Ashcroft for 2003 detention ordeal; Former Attorney General John Ashcroft is entitled to qualified immunity and cannot be sued by an American Muslim detained under harsh conditions in 2003, the US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. [read post]
31 May 2011, 11:42 am
’ [Former Attorney General John] Ashcroft deserves neither label, not least because eight Court of Appeals judges agreed with his judgment in a case of first impression. [read post]
31 May 2011, 9:46 am
Al-Kidd that former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be held responsible for the wrongful arrest and detention of U.S. citizen Abdullah al-Kidd under the material witness law. [read post]
31 May 2011, 9:29 am
The Bush Administration’s wide use of an arrest tool to take terrorism suspects off the streets barely — and perhaps only temporarily — survived a major test in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, even though its principal architect — former Attorney General John D. [read post]
31 May 2011, 8:50 am
John Ashcroft, the former Attorney General and part time musical composer, won a pardon of sorts today when the Supreme Court tossed a lawsuit claiming that he had abused his power to lock up terrorism suspects in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. [read post]
31 May 2011, 8:29 am
At issue in the case was whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft is immune from a suit alleging that he used the federal material witness statute as a pretext to investigate and preventatively detain terrorism suspects in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 3:30 pm
" In Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, we seek to hold former Attorney General John Ashcroft responsible for the detention of Abdullah al-Kidd, an innocent American citizen who was wrongfully imprisoned under the material witness statute. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 6:54 am
Ashcroft v. al-Kidd The question before the Court in al-Kidd is whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft is immune from a suit alleging that he used the material witness statutes as a pretext to investigate and detain terrorism suspects after September 11th. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 11:29 pm
Ashcroft is John, former Attorney General. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 3:28 pm
Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 1:12 pm
Al-Kidd’s name may not be readily familiar, but his civil rights lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft has become one of the most politically charged cases of the post-September 11 era to reach the U.S. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 12:02 pm
Al-Kidd [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], former US attorney general John Ashcroft [JURIST news archive], appealed the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that absolute and qualified [AELE backgrounders] immunity do not shield him... [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 11:58 am
Former Attorney General John D. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:08 am
” 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]
1 Mar 2011, 4:49 pm
Attorney General John Ashcroft will be Acting U.S. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 6:37 am
Tomorrow, in addition to Bullcoming, the Court will hear oral argument in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd; at issue in that case is whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft is immune from a suit alleging the pretextual use of the federal material witness statute to detain terrorism suspects. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 8:52 pm
In this post, though, all opinions are mine alone.The Petitioner in this case is John Ashcroft, the former Attorney General, who is represented by the Department of Justice (DOJ). [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 8:48 pm
The Petitioner in this case is John Ashcroft, the former Attorney General, who is represented by the Department of Justice (DOJ). [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 12:30 pm
Yesterday a judge in the federal District of South Carolina dismissed a suit Jose Padilla filed against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, and others for wrongs he alleged occurred when he was held as an "enemy combatant" in the Navy confinement facility in Charleston. [read post]
