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NAACP threatens lawsuit over New Orleans election plan
The NAACP Saturday urged the US Department of Justice to block a Louisiana state election plan for New Orleans that will make it very difficult for displaced black voters to participate in the election. Though the election plan allows for chang (More) |
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New Orleans judges: funds shortfall may force mass release of indigent defendants
Just one month after New Orleans courts began preparations to resume trials , two New Orleans judges said that criminal courts may have to release as many as 4,000 indigent defendants, many of whom stand accused of felonies, due to lack of funding a (More) |
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Hurricane Katrina fraud report [US DOJ]
Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force: A Progress Report to the Attorney General, February 13, 2006 . Excerpt:Since the establishment of the Task Force in September 2005, 23 United States Attorneys across the country have charged 212 people with various (More) |
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Justice Department documents Katrina fraud prosecutions
Government investigators told the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in a hearing Monday that the relief effort for Hurricane Katrina had been plagued by fraud and abuse costing taxpayers millions. Alice Fisher, the J (More) |
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Federal judge asked to stop hotel evictions for Katrina victims
Lawyers representing a group of hurricane victims in New Orleans have asked a US federal judge to grant a temporary restraining order preventing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from evicting 12,000 families still left homeless from H (More) |
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New Orleans election plans lawsuit [US DC]
ACORN v. Blanco, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, February 9, 2006 . Read the complaint . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Federal lawsuit filed over New Orleans election plans
The Advancement Project , a Washington, DC-based advocacy group, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging election plans for New Orleans , alleging that the plan puts too much emphasis on absentee voting and would keep blacks out of office. Accordin (More) |
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FEMA ends hotel stays for thousands of Katrina victims
More than 4,500 occupants of hotel rooms provided by the government to those affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster were ordered to leave Tuesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency began to end its hotel accommodation program . Accord (More) |
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Arguments for increased government surveillance based on myth
Brian J. Foley : "In response to the revelations about presidential spying, several Administration officials, including President Bush and Attorney General Gonzales, have argued that the electronic surveillance program -- which appears to exceed (More) |
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FBI arrests two FEMA employees in Katrina fraud investigation
The US Department of Justice Friday announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested two employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency working in New Orleans in the post-Hurricane Katrina rebuilding effort under suspicion o (More) |
Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes
On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.
Learn more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials.
