Recent Updates
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GOP senator wants probe; Spitzer says no
Legal News Feed 07/31/2007Gov. Eliot Spitzer said there is no need for a deeper investigation into his aides' roles in a scheme to discredit a lead political rival, something the head of the Senate Investigations Committee called for Monday. "Given that the attorney general a...
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Democrats Urge Perjury Probe of Gonzales
Legal News Feed 07/26/2007[##_1L|1072400863.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]Senate Democrats called for a perjury investigation against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday and subpoenaed top presidential aide Karl Rove in a deepening political and legal clas...
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US doubles Bin Laden bounty to 50 million
Legal News Feed 07/13/2007[##_1L|1068382509.jpg|width="140" height="135" alt=""|_##]The US Senate Friday doubled the bounty on Osama bin Laden to 50 million dollars, reflecting frustration that the Al Qaeda mastermind remains free and rising anxiety over possible future attac...
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Senators lose faith in Bush over Iraq
Legal News Feed 07/08/2007The trickle of Republican rebellion against President George W.Bush's Iraq policy has turned into a stream with two more previously loyal senators joining the swelling ranks ofcritics.Lamar Alexander said "it should be clear to the President that the...
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McDermott Seeks Court Input on Tape Case
Legal News Feed 07/07/2007Rep. Jim McDermott said Friday he will ask the Supreme Court to decide whether he had a right to disclose contents of an illegally taped telephone call involving House Republican leaders a decade ago.A federal appeals court ruled in May that the Wash...
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Bush not ruling out a pardon for Libby
Legal News Feed 07/04/2007[##_1L|1317444881.jpg|width="130" height="93" alt=""|_##]One day after commuting the sentence of former White House official I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, President Bush defended his decision and left open the possibility of granting him a full pardon, s...
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Congress-Bush subpoena fight could end up in court
Legal News Feed 07/02/2007[##_1L|1021939128.jpg|width="137" height="110" alt=""|_##]The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said yesterday he was ready to go to court if the White House resisted congressional subpoenas for information on the firing of federal prosecutors. "If...
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White House Letter Rejecting Subpoenas
Legal News Feed 06/28/2007[##_1L|1150417516.jpg|width="110" height="128" alt=""|_##]President Bush, moving toward a constitutional showdown with Congress, asserted executive privilege Thursday and rejected lawmakers' demands for documents that could shed light on the firings ...
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Supreme Court Eases Campaign Finance Restrictions
Legal News Feed 06/26/2007[##_1L|1294018921.jpg|width="131" height="91" alt=""|_##]Free speech rights take precedence over government restrictions on political advertising, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that opens the door for greater influence by interest grou...
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Bush Remarks on Stem Cell Research
Legal News Feed 06/21/2007[##_1L|1325931641.jpg|width="110" height="128" alt=""|_##]Text of President Bush's remarks on stem cell research Wednesday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.America is a nation that leads the world in science and technology. Our innovative spirit ...
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Congress Subpoenas Miers and Former Bush Aide
Legal News Feed 06/13/2007[##_1L|1128411815.jpg|width="137" height="110" alt=""|_##]Two former White House officials were subpoenaed today as Congressional Democrats intensified pressure on the Bush administration over the dismissals of eight United States attorneys. Key Evid...
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William Jefferson's Legal Bills Could Top $2 MIL
Legal News Feed 06/12/2007Attorneys say U-S Representative William Jefferson is facing legal bills that could reach two million dollars to fight complex public corruption charges that include bribery, racketeering and money laundering.As of yesterday, the New Orleans Democrat...