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Former US AG Ashcroft denied prosecutorial immunity in material witness suit
US District Judge Edward Lodge of the District of Idaho on Wednesday ruled that former US Attorney General John Ashcroft does not have absolute immunity from a lawsuit alleging that the government wrongfully arrested plaintiff Abdullah al Kidd as (More) |
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Ex-AG Ashcroft defends Bush efforts to preserve civil liberties during wartime
Former US Attorney General John Ashcroft , who resigned from the post in November 2004, told an audience at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Tuesday that President Bush has done less harm to civil liberties than any other wartime preside (More) |
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DOJ political appointees changing Civil Rights Division hiring, focus
Less than half of lawyers hired to work in the US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division since 2003 have a background in civil rights, according to resumes obtained by the Boston Globe through a Freedom of Information Act request. In late 200 (More) |
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House GOP leaders put off Voting Rights Act renewal after southerners balk
House GOP leaders on Wednesday indefinitely postponed consideration of the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 , which would renew provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 for an additional 25-year period. The unexpecte (More) |
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Non-citizens indefinite detention ruling [US DC]
Turkmen v. Ashcroft, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Judge John Gleeson, June 14, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Federal judge rules US can detain non-citizens indefinitely on basis of race, ethnicity
The US government can detain non-citizens indefinitely on the basis of religion, race or national origin, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying that "the executive is free to single out 'nationals of a particular country' and focus en (More) |
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Former Ashcroft spokesman blasts Gonzales for journalist subpoenas
Mark Corallo , a former spokesperson for ex-Attorney General John Ashcroft, filed an affidavit in federal court in San Francisco on Wednesday criticizing subpoenas issued by current Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to compel two San Francisco Chro (More) |
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Federal judge orders DOJ to disclose whether employees knew of eavesdropping
A US magistrate judge ruled Tuesday that US Department of Justice employees must disclose whether they were aware of the government monitoring conversations between Sept. 11 detainees and their attorneys. The judge's ruling comes in a lawsuit (More) |
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CIA nominee stresses legality of NSA wiretapping during confirmation hearing
General Michael Hayden defended the legality of the NSA's domestic surveillance program Thursday and said that the program was a critical tool in tracking down terrorists, in testimony during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Select (More) |
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Ex-DOJ prosecutor, State Dept. official indicted in Detroit terror case probe
Former Assistant US Attorney Richard Convertino and US State Department Regional Secretary Officer Harry Raymond Smith III were indicted before a Detroit federal grand jury Wednesday on charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and making fals (More) |
Montgomery started racially-integrated bus service after boycott
On December 21, 1956, buses in Montgomery, Alabama, started racially-integrated service following federal court rulings ending on-board segregation.
Bus boycott leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were among the first riders under the new scheme. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
