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Federal appeals court revives Bush-era political hiring case
March 30, 2013 by Julie Deisher
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday revived a 2008 lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleging discriminatory hiring practices based on political affiliation. Former DOJ intern Sean Gerlich alleges that he was denied a position in the department's.... [more]
Attorney General Holder denied 'selective' interrogation memo release [this day at law]
April 23, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On April 23, 2010, US Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee that he was willing to release as much information as possible about interrogation techniques used on Guantanamo Bay detainees and defended the decision from accusations of political.... [more]
Obama's NLRB Recess Appointments are Constitutional
February 11, 2012 by Sean Gallagher
JURIST Guest Columnist James Kennedy, former administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board, argues that President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were an appropriate exercise of his constitutional powers based upon historical and judicial.... [more]
Gonzales left DOJ as AG resignation took effect [this day at law]
September 14, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On September 14, 2007, Alberto Gonzales officially resigned from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) as the US Attorney General. Gonzales served a turbulent two-and-a-half years in the Bush administration after he was nominated in February 2005 to replace John Ashcroft. He was ultimately forced to.... [more]
DOJ investigating financier Stanford connections to legislators: report
December 28, 2009 by Devin Montgomery
The US Department of Justice has begun investigating political donations and other connections between billionaire financier Allen Stanford, accused of defrauding investors out of $7 billion, and US lawmakers, according to a Sunday report by the Miami Herald. Stanford donated over $2.3 million.... [more]
Cheney criticizes DOJ CIA interrogation probe as political move
August 31, 2009 by Safiya Boucaud
Former US vice president Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama of backtracking on his promise to not prosecute Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents for alleged abuses of suspected terrorist detainees under the Bush administration during an interview with Fox News Sunday, calling it a.... [more]
DOJ rejects Georgia voter verification requirements
June 3, 2009 by Eszter Bardi
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has rejected Georgia's system of voter citizenship verification by way of a Social Security and driver's license database. In a letter released Monday, Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King told Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker that the prop....... [more]
Holder denies interrogation memos release was selective
April 24, 2009 by Christian Ehret
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday testified in front of a House Appropriations subcommittee that he is willing to release as much information as possible in regards to interrogation techniques used on Guantanamo Bay detainees. Holder said that the recent release of four CIA interrogation.... [more]
America's Moment of Truth on Torture [op-ed]
April 8, 2009 by JURIST Staff
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that three memos written by the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel in the Bush administration authorizing specific interrogation techniques amounting to torture need to be disclosed and should not be held back for fear.... [more]
AG Holder pledges to restore credibility to DOJ at swearing-in ceremony
February 3, 2009 by Andrew Morgan
US Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday expressed his commitment to restoring a tradition of fairness and political neutrality to the Department of Justice (DOJ). In video remarks to DOJ employees delivered after he was sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden, Holder said:there shall be no place for....... [more]
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