Recent Updates
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US intelligence chief criticizes surveillance laws
Legal News Center 04/05/2007John M. "Mike" McConnell, who succeeded John Negroponte as US Director of National Intelligence in February, delivered a policy address to the 2007 Excellence in Government Conference Wednesday criticizing federal surveillance laws as outdated and un...
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Bush calls on Congress to promote new fuels
Legal News Center 04/03/2007[##_1L|1238141137.gif|width="135" height="114" alt=""|_##]President Bush urged Congress on Tuesday to adopt his proposed targets for alternative fuel use as a way of combating greenhouse gas emissions a day after the US Supreme Court ruled in Massach...
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FCC order strengthens pretexting regulations
Legal News Center 04/03/2007The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new privacy rules for telephone and wireless companies on Tuesday aimed at strengthening safeguards against pretexting, the disclosure of personal telephone records to unauthorized individuals. The ...
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High Court Rules Against White House on Emissions
Legal News Center 04/02/2007[##_1L|1310175822.jpg|width="180" height="122" alt=""|_##]The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate the emission of "greenhouse gases," such as carbon dioxid...
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Judge tosses out rules for managing forests
Legal News Center 04/01/2007[##_1L|1154600086.jpg|width="100" height="101" alt=""|_##]A federal district judge in San Francisco has ruled that the US Forest Service violated environmental laws when it promulgated a 2005 regulation governing the management of national forests. O...
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Rumsfeld
Legal News Center 03/30/2007[##_1L|1167504311.jpg|width="170" height="128" alt=""|_##]Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld cannot be tried on allegations of torture in overseas military prisons, a federal judge said Tuesday in a case he described as "lamentable." U.S. Di...
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Gonzales aide testifies about firings
Legal News Center 03/29/2007[##_1L|1214636786.jpg|width="140" height="112" alt=""|_##]Eight federal prosecutors were fired last year because they did not sufficiently support President Bush's priorities, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff said today, a sta...
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Gonzales loses allies in Republican ranks
Legal News Center 03/28/2007Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' allies on Capitol Hill have grown more scarce as he left it largely to aides to carry out President Bush's order to straighten out the story behind the firing of eight federal prosecutors.Senate Republicans leaving ...
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DOJ Official Won't Testify About Firings
Legal News Center 03/27/2007[##_1L|1151906306.jpg|width="140" height="96" alt=""|_##]A senior aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has decided against testifying before lawmakers about her role in the ousters of eight federal prosecutors, the latest flare-up in the controv...
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Gonzales aide to invoke Fifth Amendment
Legal News Center 03/27/2007[##_1L|1215073888.jpg|width="140" height="112" alt=""|_##]Attorney General Alberto Gonzales‘ liaison with the White House will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, citing her Fifth Amendmen...
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U.S. judge blocks 1998 online porn law
Legal News Center 03/22/2007[##_1L|1341357853.jpg|width="90" height="119" alt=""|_##]A federal judge on Thursday dealt another blow to government efforts to control Internet pornography, striking down a 1998 U.S. law that makes it a crime for commercial Web site operators to le...
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Making a list of reasons for firing US attorneys
Legal News Center 03/21/2007[##_1L|1232093766.jpg|width="110" height="113" alt=""|_##]Senior Justice Department officials began drafting memos this month listing specific reasons why they had fired eight U.S. attorneys, intending to cite performance problems such as insubordina...