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27 Jun 2007, 12:36 pm
Senator Patrick Leahy, who's been a vocal critic of the Military Commissions Act, just sent out an email touting his appearance at our Day of Action on YouTube: If you haven't already, please take a moment to send a letter to your senators urging them to support the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007. [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 12:21 pm
[JURIST] US Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) [official websites] introduced a bill [press release] Tuesday entitled the "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007" designed to protect the personal information of American consumers. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 3:26 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Senate Judiciary Committee will take another crack at overhauling the nation's patent laws and protecting personal privacy this year, the panel's Democratic chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy said on January 11, 2011.IPBiz notes that Leahy and Republican Lamar Smith have been on the same page for a while BUT the position of the new (Republican) House on the "reform" agenda of the IT industry is not so clear. [read post]
9 Mar 2009, 6:51 am
Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has introduced legislation to amend immigration laws to protect couples in same-sex relationships, reports Vermont Public Radio. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 10:08 pm by Walter Olson
Patrick Leahy has nominated the latest Enemy of the People: retired Justice David Souter, who wrote the majority 5-3... [read post]
6 Mar 2003, 12:01 pm
[JURIST] Remarks by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy (successfully) opposing cloture in the filibuster of the Miguel Estrada nomination Thursday are now available online from his office. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 10:57 am
"Patrick Leahy Vows to Keep Pushing Judicial Nominees": Roll Call has this report. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 6:00 am
[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official website] listed what he described as topics of "concern" to be addressed in the upcoming Senate confirmation hearings for former federal judge and US Attorney General nominee Michael B. [read post]
13 Dec 2006, 5:22 am
[JURIST] Senator Patrick Leahy [official website] (D-VT) Wednesday laid out an ambitious agenda for the reshuffled Senate Judiciary Committee he will chair when the Democratic-controlled US Congress begins its new session in January. [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]
20 Jan 2015, 4:37 pm by Bill Otis
Patrick Leahy of Vermont was Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, an extremely powerful position. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 6:23 am by Benjamin Wittes
Leahy and the Wall Street Journal’s Siobhan Gorman and Politico’s Josh Gerstein. [read post]
28 Sep 2016, 1:53 pm by Immigration Prof
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), with other leading senators, pressed the Obama administration earlier this week on the use of private prisons and contract facilities by the Department of Homeland Security. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 7:28 am by Glenn Reynolds
MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY: Country Club Conservatives Dawdle While the Left Organizes. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 7:33 am by Gene Quinn
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chair of Judiciary Committee Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) recently came to agreement with Committee Ranking Republican Jeff Sessions (R-AL) on changes to the Patent Reform Act of 2009 (S. 515), winning Senator Sessions’ support for passage and making it extremely likely that patent reform will happen this year, and likely very soon. [read post]
29 Nov 2007, 12:00 pm
[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Thursday rejected White House assertions of executive privilege in the ongoing congressional investigations into the US Attorneys firing scandal [JURIST news archive]. [read post]