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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Senate Judiciary Committee stories: 56 news summaries

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Obama Tells GOP's Hatch He'll Pick a Pragmatist

Senate Judiciary Committee member expects choice to be made this week

May 5, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has told him he won't be picking a radical to fill Justice Souter's spot on the Supreme Court, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch tells Politico. Hatch—who believes the president will make his choice before the end of this week—said he raised his concerns in a phone call... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • Orrin Hatch • US Supreme Court • David Souter • Obama administration • President Obama

Dems in a Snit Over Specter's Cozy Deal

Senate honchos fume as newbie prepares to leapfrog to top jobs

Apr 30, 09 2:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some top Democratic senators are rebelling against the deal that brought Arlen Specter into the fold, the Hill reports. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the aisle-crosser he could keep the 28 years of seniority he gained as a GOP senator, infuriating long-serving Democrats whom Specter will now likely leapfrog... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Senate Appropriations Committee • party politics • switching parties

(Newser) - A US passport is easy to obtain using fake or fraudulent documents, even with extensive post-9/11 security reforms, the AP reports. At the request of a Senate committee, a government investigator went undercover and quickly obtained multiple passports, using the identities of a dead man, a 5-year-old, and two fictitious... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • State Department • Dianne Feinstein • United States • Jon Kyl • identity theft • Government Accountability Office • passport • identification • passport fraud

Leahy Calls
For 'Truth Commission' on Bush Abuses

Republicans say
it's a waste of time

Mar 4, 09 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Patrick Leahy called today for a "truth commission" to investigate alleged abuses by the Bush administration in the name of the war on terror, CNN reports. Detention and interrogation practices at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib “have seriously eroded fundamental American principles of the rule of law,"... More »

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War on Terror • Congress • torture • Abu Ghraib • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Guantanamo Bay • John Cornyn • inquiry

Senate Committee OKs Holder for Attorney General

Cornyn, Coburn dissent in 17-2 vote; full body could confirm tomorrow

Jan 28, 09 2:08 PM CST
(AP) - Senate Republicans did little to stop the progress of Barack Obama's choice for attorney general, with the Judiciary Committee voting 17-2 today to endorse Eric Holder; John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Republicans both, were the lone dissenters. The Senate could vote as early as tomorrow to... More »

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Department of Justice • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • Senate Republicans • John Cornyn • Tom Coburn • Eric Holder • Obama administration • President Obama

GOP Questions Put Brakes on Holder Vote

Committee will wait
week on AG nominee, infuriating chair Leahy

Jan 21, 09 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed today’s scheduled vote on Eric Holder’s confirmation by another week, CNN reports. Republican members engineered the move, saying they have questions about the attorney-general nominee’s stance on interrogation techniques. Chairman Patrick Leahy, who said he was “extremely disappointed,” banged down... More »

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Department of Justice • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • attorney general • Eric Holder • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

Republicans
Picking a Fight
Over Holder

Dems need one GOP vote to move AG pick out of committee

Jan 9, 09 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Senate Republicans seem to have settled on attorney-general-designate Eric Holder as their main target for a tough confirmation hearing. Thanks to his liberal leanings and his role in the Clinton administration—especially the controversial 11th-hour Marc Rich pardon—Holder will get a grilling in the Judiciary Committee. Ranking Republican Arlen... More »

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Department of Justice • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • confirmation hearings • Eric Holder

 GOP: Hold Up on Holder 

GOP plans a fight over Obama's AG nominee

Dec 12, 08 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Senate Republicans are laying a speed bump on Eric Holder’s route to confirmation as attorney general, Politico reports. Joined by a key Democrat, they're objecting to Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy’s plan to fast track Holder's confirmation, scheduling hearings as early as Jan. 8. Republicans note that more... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • Jon Kyl • Patrick Leahy • attorney general • Eric Holder

 Todd Palin 
 Defies 
 Subpoena 

Refuses to testify in Troopergate probe

Sep 19, 08 3:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's husband will not comply with a subpoena demanding he testify before a panel of Alaska lawmakers investigating Troopergate. He and anyone else who refuses to compy with the subpoena cannot be held in contempt until the full state Senate reconvenes in January—after the presidential election.  More »

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John McCain • Senate Judiciary Committee • Judiciary Committee • Sarah Palin • Todd Palin • Mike Wooten • Public Safety Commissioner • Sen. Bill Wielechowski

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Specter Presses NFL Commish on Spying Flap

Senator calls Pats case 'analogous to the CIA destruction of tapes'

Feb 1, 08 1:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Arlen Specter wants to know why the NFL destroyed evidence of spying by the New England Patriots, the New York Times reports. The Republican senator from Pennsylvania says commissioner Roger Goodell will eventually be called to answer for the tapes' destruction in the context of the league’s antitrust exemption.... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • obstruction of justice

Senate Grills Mukasey
Today on Waterboarding

Mukasey warns he'll stonewall on questions about legality

Jan 30, 08 3:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A high-noon face off is looming today between Attorney General Michael Mukasey and the Senate Judiciary Committee over waterboarding, the simulated drowning interrogation technique that many consider torture. Committee chair Patrick Leahy said Mukasey faces "serious questions" on the issue at today's hearing. But Mukasey has warned Leahy in... More »

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CIA • torture • Department of Justice • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • interrogation • Michael Mukasey • waterboarding • interrogation techniques • Abu Zubaydah • Military Commissions Act • Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri

CIA to Surrender Tape Records

House will get secret documents on destroyed water boarding videos

Dec 20, 07 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The CIA will provide documents on the destruction of interrogation videotapes to the House Intelligence Committee and allow the agency's top attorney to testify, the New York Times reports. It's unclear whether the man who ordered the videos destroyed, clandestine service chief Jose Rodriguez, will also testify. The tapes showed... More »

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CIA • Department of Justice • Senate Judiciary Committee • Jose Rodriguez • waterboarding • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • Silvestre Reyes • John A. Rizzo

Committee Votes to Hold Rove, Bolten in Contempt

Act challenging executive privilege may stall before full Senate

Dec 13, 07 12:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to hold Karl Rove and Josh Bolten in contempt today, the AP reports, for ignoring subpoenas on the US attorneys scandal. The White House, however, says the citations will likely die on the Senate floor. “I vote knowing that it’s highly likely to... More »

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Bush administration • Karl Rove • Senate • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings

Congress Torn on Telecom Immunity

Senate panel
sidesteps; House passes bill without it

Nov 16, 07 7:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Congress is conflicted over proposed immunity laws that would retroactively protect telecoms from suits alleging they illegally handed the government information on calls. The Senate Intelligence Committee endorsed immunity 13-2 last month, but the Judiciary Committee left the immunity section out of the document it approved yesterday. The House passed... More »

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Senate • Senate Judiciary Committee • domestic intelligence • Patrick Leahy • domestic surveillance • telecom • Senate Intelligence Committee • warrantless wiretapping

Mukasey Would Enforce New Torture Law, Senator Says

Schumer helps AG nomination move ahead

Nov 6, 07 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Michael Mukasey has told Chuck Schumer he would enforce a law specifically prohibiting waterboarding and other torture practices, the senator writes in today's Times. The AG nominee's personal assurance and respect for the rule of law earned him the New York Democrat’s support in this morning's 11-8 Judiciary... More »

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Bush administration • Charles Schumer • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • Michael Mukasey

2 Key Dems Support Mukasey

Schumer, Feinstein will vote to confirm AG nominee

Nov 2, 07 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite controversy over Michael Mukasey's cagey responses to questions about waterboarding and torture, Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein will vote to confirm the AG nominee, the Democratic senators said this afternoon. Their votes, along with Republican committee members', are expected to tip the scales in Mukasey's favor and send his... More »

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Charles Schumer • Senate Judiciary Committee • Dianne Feinstein • Patrick Leahy • Michael Mukasey

Bush Criticizes Mukasey Inquisitors

Senators asked AG nominee 'unfair questions' on torture

Nov 1, 07 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Interrogation techniques held the spotlight today as President Bush accused Senate Democrats of asking attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey "unfair" questions about waterboarding and torture. Bush claimed Mukasey "doesn't know whether we use that technique or not," and lauded the candidate for not telling "an enemy... More »

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torture • Senate Judiciary Committee • Michael Mukasey • waterboarding

Mukasey Silent on Torture, Vocal on Spying

AG nominee's testimony a "massive hedge," says Democratic senator

Oct 18, 07 8:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Mukasey remained mum today on whether interrogation methods such as waterboarding constitute torture. But the president’s nominee for attorney general spoke out in favor of the White House’s eavesdropping program, the NY Times reports, frustrating and confusing Democrats on the second day of his confirmation hearings.... More »

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Congress • CIA • torture • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • Patrick Leahy • Constitution • Michael Mukasey • waterboarding • Sheldon Whitehouse • George W. Bush

Justice Switched Focus to Sex, Terror & Immigrants

Feds back off from mob and white collar crime

Oct 17, 07 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the Senate Judiciary Committee today considers the nomination of Michael Mukasey as attorney general, data shows a profound shift in focus by the Justice Department over the 7 years of the Bush administration. The prosecution of mobsters, white collar criminals, environmental crimes and civil rights violations have taken a... More »

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immigration • Department of Justice • terrorism • FBI • Senate Judiciary Committee • Robert Mueller • money laundering • Michael Mukasey • environmental offenses • white collar crime • bankruptcy fraud • Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse • Alliance for Justice

Cheney Admits He Has Secret Wiretap Documents

But he'll resist Senate subpoena to see them

Aug 20, 07 11:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney will resist efforts by Congress to force him to produce dozens of documents relating to a warrantless wiretapping program conducted by the National Security Agency, the Washington Post reports. Cheney's counsel acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the vice president's office has documents relating to... More »

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Congress • Dick Cheney • Senate Judiciary Committee • Patrick Leahy • subpoena • National Security Agency • wiretap • Shannen W. Coffin • warrantless wiretapping

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