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18 Nov 2009, 6:11 am
When Attorney General John Ashcroft ordered a federal death penalty prosecution in Vermont in 2002, there were howls of outrage that Ashcroft was abusing federal authority by essentially forcing the death penalty on a state that didn't have one in local law. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 5:36 am
At one point, we were within twenty feet of three conservative lions: former Attorney General John Ashcroft, former Solicitor General Ted Olson, and likely future Texas Attorney General Ted Cruz (from the next generation of leaders). [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 4:08 pm
The few people inside the former administration who knew about the order were instrumental in its creation, including former Vice President Dick Cheney, his lawyer David Addington, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former Attorney General John Ashcroft and a young, and then unknown, lawyer inside the Justice Department named John Yoo . [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 5:38 am
Arar sued former United States Attorney General John Ashcroft; former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge; Robert Mueller, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and others in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. [read post]
28 Oct 2009, 1:33 am
Electronic discovery proceedings can cost millions of dollars and even tens of millions in anti-trust and other complicated cases, said Gregory Katsas, former U.S. assistant attorney general who helped represent the U.S. government in Ashcroft v. [read post]
21 Oct 2009, 2:00 am
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Ashcroft Asks 9th Circuit to Reconsider Lawsuit Over Liability for Post-9/11 Detentions
The Associated Press
Former AG John Ashcroft has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that he can be held responsible for wrongfully detaining people as material witnesses after the 9/11 attacks. [read post]
20 Oct 2009, 8:00 pm
" The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Former Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that he can be held personally responsible for wrongfully detaining people as material witnesses after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 9:24 am
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft and Professor Kris Kobach purport to defend what law professors have roundly chastised, the Board of Immigration Appeals' 2002 "streamlining" reforms. [read post]
13 Oct 2009, 8:44 am
Roberts, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Sen. [read post]
1 Oct 2009, 2:16 pm
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Attorney General John Ashcroft had violated the rights of U.S. citizens in the wake of the 9/11 attacks by using material witness warrants to detain suspects without charge. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 11:10 am
In this case, the Court considered whether FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft are entitled to qualified immunity against allegations that they knew of or condoned racial and religious discrimination against individuals detained in the wake of the September 11th attacks. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 6:19 am
Pointing to two recent lower-court rulings (by Bush-appointed judges) refusing to dismiss suits against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and former DOJ official John Yoo, as well as ongoing en banc proceedings in the Second Circuit, Mark Sherman suggests that some Bush Administration officials' involvement in the legal justification of some domestic military operations might leave them open to successful lawsuits.… [read post]
16 Sep 2009, 12:17 pm
” That statement comes two weeks after Tom Ridge, the former Homeland Security secretary, wrote in a new book, the Test of Our Times, that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and former Attorney General John Ashcroft unsuccessfully lobbied him to raise the threat level days before the 2004 elections, in a bid to seal President George W. [read post]
9 Sep 2009, 11:23 am
Ashcroft (2002) 122 S. [read post]
8 Sep 2009, 2:02 pm
Retired Justice David Souter, Sotomayor’s predecessor, was on hand, as was Solicitor General Elena Kagan and a bipartisan selection of former attorneys- and solicitors-general: Democrats Benjamin Civiletti, Seth Waxman and Walter Dellinger, and Republicans John Ashcroft, Richard Thornburgh, Ted Olson and Gregory Garre (who, it was announced on Tuesday, will be joining Latham & Watkins). [read post]
8 Sep 2009, 8:35 am
A three-judge panel last Friday ruled that a a Muslim man who was detained for weeks as a material witness in a terrorism case can sue former attorney general John Ashcroft. [read post]
8 Sep 2009, 7:23 am
He alleges that he was arrested and confined because former United States Attorney General John Ashcroft (Ashcroft), subordinates operating under policies promulgated by Ashcroft, and others within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), unlawfully used the federal material witness statute, 18 U.S.C. [read post]
8 Sep 2009, 5:00 am
Ashcroft, in which the Ninth Circuit held that former Attorney General John Ashcroft did not enjoy either absolute prosecutorial or qualified executive immunity from damages claims that he established policies or presided over a regime of misuse of material-witness warrants to detain individuals not for purposes of ensuring their testimony, but to investigate the detained witnesses themselves for terrorism-related activities. [read post]
5 Sep 2009, 1:09 pm
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that former Attorney General John Ashcroft is not entitled to absolute or qualified immunity against... [read post]
5 Sep 2009, 5:58 am
"Ashcroft can be sued over arrests, appeals court rules; A 9th Circuit panel says the ex-attorney general violated the rights of citizens held as material witnesses without cause after 9/11; Rights advocates praise the ruling in Abdullah Kidd's case": Carol J. [read post]
