Obama Nominee Dawn Johnsen Gains Committee Approval
Dawn Johnsen, President Obama’s selection to lead the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, gained approval from the Senate Judiciary…
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Obama Nominates Four U.S. Attorneys
President Obama announced four new nominations for U.S. Attorney this week: Laura Duffy has been nominated in the Southern District…
Tribe Headed to Justice Department
Laurence Tribe, prominent Harvard Law professor and generally considered one of the foremost liberal constitutional law scholars and Supreme Court…
Governor Rick Perry To Sue the EPA
Governor Rick Perry of Texas announced during a press conference on Tuesday that he will sue the United States Environmental…
Reid Criticizes ABA Judicial Nomination Evaluation
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada criticized the American Bar Association on Thursday after some members of the organization’s…
Senate Confirms Joseph Greenaway to 3rd Circuit
Joseph Greenaway has become the 15th Obama judicial nominee to win Senate confirmation. His nomination was cleared by the Senate…
Obama Nominates Two U.S. Attorneys
President Obama announced two nominations for U.S. attorney yesterday. Bismarck, North Dakota attorney Tim Purdon has been nominated as North…
The Return of Orly Taitz
She's baaaaack! Everyone's favorite birther, lawyer and dentist Orly Taitz, has filed pro se in a federal court in Washington…
Morning Roundup
Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, January 28, and here's a look back at yesterday's headlines... President Obama took on…
Obama v The Supreme Court
Part way through tonight's State of the Union address, President Obama took the extraordinary step of first upbraiding the Supreme…
The State of the Union: What to Watch for
Tonight may well be the most important speech of President Obama's political life. His signature issue, health care reform, is…
State of the Union won’t Preempt Lost
In what will come as a relief to what has to be one of the strangest groups ever to lobby…