Ted Stevens

Senators Press Holder On Probe Of Ted Stevens Trial

Ryan J. Reilly | November 10, 2011, 6:00AM

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (R) died 15 months ago. Two-and-a-half-years earlier, the federal corruption case against him was dropped due to allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. Now Attorney General Eric Holder says DOJ's internal investigators are "in the last stages of their examination" of what went wrong in the case and that a multi-hundred page report is on its way.

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Topics: Brenda Morris, DOJ, DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility, DOJ Public Integrity, Edward Sullivan, Eric Holder, James Goeke, Joseph Bottini, Justice Department, Nicholas A. Marsh, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Ted Stevens

Patrick Leahy

Patrick Leahy To Hold Hearing On DOMA Repeal

Jillian Rayfield | July 7, 2011, 6:11PM

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is planning to hold a hearing on repealing the Defense of Marriage Act "in the coming weeks."

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Topics: DOMA, Patrick Leahy

Surveillance

Leahy Intros Patriot Act Bill With Some Restrictions; ACLU Says Not Enough

Rachel Slajda | January 27, 2011, 12:17PM

Following on the heels of a House Republican's alteration-free one-year extension of the expiring Patriot Act provisions, Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has introduced his own extension that would add some restrictions to the so-called library provision.

That's great, says the ACLU. But it's not enough.

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Topics: FISA, Patrick Leahy, Patriot Act, Surveillance, Terrorism

Judicial Nominations

Jeff Sessions Rants Against Judicial Nominees With 'ACLU DNA' (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | December 21, 2010, 3:25PM

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) railed against President Barack Obama's nominees to the federal bench on Tuesday afternoon, complaining that Obama was only nominating individuals with "ACLU DNA" and rattling off a list of potential judges who are now or have ever been a member of the American Civil Liberties Union.

"I'm sure that less than one percent of the lawyers in America are members of the ACLU," Sessions said. "It seems if you have the ACLU DNA, you get a pretty good leg up to being nominated by this president."

The ACLU -- which has over 500,000 members and supporters -- did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Jeff Sessions, Judicial Nominations, Pat Leahy, Patrick Leahy, Senate Judiciary Committee

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Feds Raid Illegal Retail Websites -- But Some Just Pop Back Up

Eric Lach | November 29, 2010, 3:42PM

In a move timed to disrupt illegal retail activity on "cyber Monday," the government has executed seizure orders against 82 domain names of websites selling counterfeit goods or enabling illegal file-sharing, the DOJ announced today. But some of the websites whose URLs were seized last week have already migrated to new web addresses, and are back up and running.

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Topics: File-Sharing, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Patrick Leahy

New Black Panthers

Judiciary Dems Decline To Revisit New Black Panthers Case

Rachel Slajda | July 29, 2010, 12:23PM

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has declined to hold another hearing on the New Black Panthers case, which had been requested by the committee's Republicans.

From Leahy's letter, via Greg Sargent:

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Topics: Department of Justice, New Black Panthers, Patrick Leahy, Senate Judiciary Committee