CNN is reporting that US Secretary of State Colin Powell has submitted his resignation.9:48 AM ET - Powell told aides Monday morning that he intends to resign from President Bush's cabinet and will leave once Bush decides on who...
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The White House has ordered new CIA director Porter Goss to eliminate officers from the CIA who are believed to have been disloyal to President Bush or to have leaked to the media damaging information about the conduct of...
Balkin [Yale]: Attorney General Denounces Rule of Law As Aid To Terrorism
Jack Balkin, Yale Law School:"From Newsday:Departing Attorney General John Ashcroft on Friday lashed out at federal judges who have dealt setbacks to President George W. Bush's anti-terrorism and wartime policies, accusing them of "invasive oversight and micromanagement.""The danger I see...
Justice Department to appeal Guantanamo Bay military trial ruling
The Justice Department Friday formally filed notice that it will appeal the ruling that stopped the military commission trials in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On Monday, Judge James Robertson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia stated...
Reaction to President Bush's nomination of White House Counsel, and former Texas Supreme Court Judge, Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as US Attorney General has been mixed, with most of the criticism citing Gonzales' role in setting administration...
In an announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Wednesday afternoon President Bush confirmed that he has nominated White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as US Attorney General. Initial word of the nomination came...
Douglas Berman, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University:"I suspect we will see stories in the days ahead about Ashcroft's legacy, and I suspect most of those stories will focus on the "war on terror." However, from my sentencing-centric perspective,...
The US Justice Department has responded to yesterday's district court ruling that the Guantanamo military commission proceedings are unlawful (reported here on JURIST's Paper Chase) by saying it will seek an emergency stay of the ruling and will immediately...
Human dignity denied: Torture and accountability in the 'war on terror', Amnesty International, October 27, 2004 . Excerpt:The struggle against torture...
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says the Bush Administration's general disregard for international treaties and standards facilitated an atmosphere in which US personnel could flout the Geneva Conventions and abuse Iraqi prisoners... The Bush...
