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What I’m Reading — Sept. 3
The Justice Department has sued Maricopa County (AZ) sheriff Joe Arpaio, alleging that in refusing to provide certain documents he has blocked a federal civil rights investigation into abuses by his...
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A court you’ve probably never heard of
Swearing in the Court of Military Commission Review: CAPT John Rolph swears in COL Paul Holden (USA), COL Dawn Scholz (USAF), COL Steven Walburn (USA), COL Amy Bechtold (USAF), COL Steven Thompson...
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Ninth Circuit (en banc), using state secrets doctrine, rebuffs extraordinary...
Howard Bashman’s got you covered with two different roundups (here and here) of the big news of the day. Charlie Savage of the New York Times reports as follows, and the full opinion is below. A...
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Federal judges plead for reinforcements
Judges from the district courts that make up the Ninth Circuit, along with some actual Ninth Circuit judges, have sent a letter to Senate leaders, pleading that they confirm judges to various vacancies...
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Health Care Individual Mandate struck down in Virginia
For those keeping score at home, previously two federal district courts had upheld the healthcare reform law as constitutional. Today brought the first decision to strike down the bill’s mandate that...
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State of Arizona files counterclaim in S.B. 1070 case
Jan Brewer, the governor of Arizona, has filed a counterclaim in the federal case over the validity of S.B. 1070, the punitive Arizona state immigration bill whose enactment was enjoined last year....
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ICE chief describes civil immigration enforcement priorities
John Morton, the director of ICE, recently distributed a memorandum describing what ICE’s priorities should be in terms of civil immigration enforcement. From what I can see, there are not any big...
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Libya and Presidential War Powers
From left to right, Sens. Joseph Lieberman, Carl Levin and John McCain listen to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify about...
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Justice Department sues Alabama over its state immigration law
The Justice Department on Monday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, alleging that Alabama’s recently-enacted state immigration law, referred to as H.B. 56,...
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What do the party platforms say about the federal courts?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know it’s convention season in American politics. The parties have finalized their platforms (here’s the Republican one and the Democratic one). Whether...
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