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16 Jun 2010, 3:45 pm
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is thinking about proposing legislation that would allow a retired U.S. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 1:14 pm by David Ingram
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is thinking about proposing legislation that would allow a retired U.S. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 6:15 am
The June 7 letter, addressed to Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) [official websites], was authored by Stanford Law School [academic website] Dean Larry Kramer [professional profile] and represented the... [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 6:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
LEAHY, SCHUMER, WHITEHOUSE PRESS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FROM OIL, DRILLING COMPANIES Senators Joined On Capitol Hill By Families Of Victims Of Gulf Oil Rig Explosion   Last week, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) joined with the families of many victims of the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico to press for accountability from the oil and drilling companies… [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 10:05 am by David Ingram
The bill, sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), is separate from... [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 10:39 am by David Ingram
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a June 15 confirmation hearing for James Cole, nominated for deputy attorney general. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 2:45 pm by Sheppard Mullin
The current bill is co-sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT). [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 11:00 am by Kent Scheidegger
The first of these two propositions has been expressly rejected by the Supreme Court, and the second has been implicitly rejected, but a nominee who actually believed the second would be quite dangerous.Non sequitur of the day award goes to Senator Patrick Leahy, regarding the schedule:Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., pointed out when he set the hearing schedule that the Senate had reviewed Kagan's credentials a year earlier when it confirmed her as… [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 8:06 am by Christina D. Frangiosa
" Similarly, on January 28, 2010, Senators Patrick Leahy (VT) and Jeff Sessions (AL) co-sponsored an identical bill in the Senate (S. 2968) which was passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent the same day. [read post]
26 May 2010, 6:46 am by Adam Chandler
The Associated Press (via the Washington Post) reports that Senator Patrick Leahy, who will chair Kagan’s confirmation hearings, is pushing back on what he calls “overheated rhetoric” from Republicans about the timeline for the hearings and the nominee herself. [read post]
25 May 2010, 7:43 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
Patrick Leahy and federal intellectual property official David Kappos wills discuss Leahy's Patent Reform Act with Vermont inventors and IP professionals. www.inventvermont.com.AlsoPatent Reform 2010: What Shape Will It Finally Take? [read post]
22 May 2010, 7:39 am by Jeralyn
" (See Section 608) Senators like Ted Kennedy and Patrick Leahy opposed the Feeney Amendment but voted for it so as not to face consequences from voting against the Amber Alert portion, and promised at the time to work to repeal it. [read post]
20 May 2010, 12:05 pm by Reproductive Rights
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Wednesday that the Senate Judiciary Committee begin confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court on June 28, with the... [read post]
20 May 2010, 8:09 am by Erin Miller
Yesterday Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy set the date for Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearing: June 28 (see the video of his remarks to the press at C-SPAN, and his official statement here). [read post]
19 May 2010, 9:22 am
[JURIST] Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official websites] announced in a committee hearing Wednesday that confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan [official profile; JURIST news archive] will begin June 28 [press release]. [read post]
19 May 2010, 7:17 am by David Ingram
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said today that the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will start June 28, giving senators and their staffs about six weeks to prepare. [read post]
19 May 2010, 7:11 am by Anna Christensen
  Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has indicated that he hopes to schedule the hearing for the final weeks of June, while ranking member Jeff Sessions has said he would prefer a hearing after the Senate’s Independence Day recess. [read post]
19 May 2010, 6:57 am
Leahy says her confirmation hearing will be scheduled soon. [read post]
18 May 2010, 2:16 pm by Erin Miller
Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy previously told reporters that he would not schedule a date for Kagan’s committee hearing until after the questionnaire was complete. [read post]