President Bush yesterday suggested that if Michael Mukasey is not confirmed, there will be no attorney general since any nominee would face the same problem. Continue reading “Bush: No Mukasey, No Attorney General”
Category: Congress
Despite their repeated expressions of opposition to waterboarding as torture, Senators McCain and Graham has decided that torture should not stand in way of confirmation of Michael Mukasey. Continue reading “McCain and Graham Support Mukasey Despite Stand on Torture — Schumer Now May Be Critical Vote”
The Senate held a hearing on the FISA legislation this week and there seems little good news out of that house for civil libertarians. Continue reading “Senate Appears Ready to Rollover on FISA”
Today President Bush called for the confirmation of Michael Mukasey as opposition continued to mount. Continue reading “Bush Calls for Mukasey’s Confirmation Without Confirmation of Waterboarding Stance”
In what may be a disappointment for many, the Senate leadership has scheduled a vote on Mukasey for next Tuesday despite his refusal to recognize that waterboarding is torture. Continue reading “Senate Schedules Mukasey Vote for Next Tuesday — Despite Refusal to Recognize Waterboarding as Torture”
For the second time since his disasterous hearing, Michael Mukasey has refused to recognize that waterboarding is torture in answers to the Senate. Continue reading “Mukasey Refuses to Denounce Waterboarding as Torture Again in Written Responses to Senate”
For many liberals and civil libertarians, the Senate Democrats have long been the political equivalent of the Italian army: They are best seen on parade. Continue reading “Senate Democrats Have One Last Chance To Address Torture”
The White House continues to try to spin the presumptively false testimony of Michael Mukasey before the Senate. Continue reading “New Spins on Mukasey Testimony”
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will again enter the debate over curbing Internet porn. Continue reading “Supreme Court Takes Up Pornography Case”
After the Florida Supreme Court threw out the $145 billion jury award against Big Tobacco, the industry celebrated the avoidance of a near disaster. However, individual cases are now lining up to return to court ahead of a January 11th deadline. Continue reading “Florida Tobacco Cases Head Back to Trial Court After Engle Defeat”
Never a great defender of the constitutional rights as a senator, Sen. Craig will now raise an important challenge to the constitutionality of his arrest. Continue reading “Craig Will Argue Constitutional Argument”
The White House has issued a defense of Judge Mukasey’s presumably false testimony that he was unaware of the techniques used in waterboarding — the favorite form of torture employed by the CIA. Continue reading “White House Issues Implausible Defense of Mukasey’s Allegedly False Testimony”
The New York Times has qouted Majority Leader Harry Reid in an extraordinary statement and suggests that Democrats will not fight on the principle of torture — or another civil liberties issue in the last six years. Continue reading “Democratic Majority Leader Reid Says Torture is Just One Issue and Would Not Bar Mukasey”
The attorney general nominee’s evasive remarks on ‘water-boarding’ should disqualify him from the job. Continue reading “Mukasey’s Confirmation: A Vote about Torture”
Sen. Craig has reported that he is tapping into campaign funds to pay his legal fees. Continue reading “Sen. Craig Uses Campaign Funds for Criminal Case”