Ashcroft, et al. v Iqbal, et al., US Supreme Court, May 18, 2009 [holding that a complaint filed against former US Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and other officials by a terrorism suspect failed to adequately state...
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Supreme Court rules against retroactive application of pregnancy discrimination law
The US Supreme Court Monday ruled 7-2 in AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen that companies do not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) by failing to...
JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's latest statements on waterboarding indicate her complicity in unlawful interrogation, and that she and others in the "inner circle" of...
Abu Ghraib guards to appeal convictions after release of interrogation memos
Lawyers for former Abu Ghraib guards said the guards intend to appeal their convictions of torture and abuse in light of the recent release of four secret CIA interrogation memos , according to a Friday...
House Democrats urge AG to name special counsel to probe Bush interrogation policies
Members of the US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to appoint a special counsel to investigate allegations of torture against...
Senate judiciary chair Leahy again calls for 'truth commission' to review Bush policies
Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-VT) reiterated his calls for a non-partisan truth commission to investigate Bush administration officials responsible for authorizing certain interrogation techniques during an interview...
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...
Ashcroft, Rice approved harsh interrogation methods: Senate committee report
The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday released a report by the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicating that former attorney general John Ashcroft and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in 2002...
Senate declassifies report implicating Bush officials in harsh interrogation policies
The US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Tuesday declassified a November 2008 report detailing the extent of top Bush administration officials' involvement in implementing severe interrogation techniques employed by US military...
Obama distances himself from Holder statements on race in US
US President Barack Obama has distanced himself from remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder in which he characterized the US as a "nation of cowards" on race matters, according to an interview with...