Enclave (Free subscription) | yesterday
It seems that Sarah Palin may have skills beyond the gubernatorial: perhaps speaking in tongues ? If she is Assemblies of God , it looks like she could join the ranks of John Ashcroft and James Watt as Pentacostals in high ranking federal positions.
First Draft (Free subscription) | yesterday
... turned into horrifying fact. We've had eight years of George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales, Harriet Miers, Karl Rove. We've had eight years of David Brooks, James Lileks, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Brian Sussman. We've had eight years of what one blogger last night called "the inexorable creep of political slime" covering every...
Sex Crimes (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... saw the case against Extreme Associates as a prelude of things to come under then-Attorney General John Ashcroft. But in the five years since, the case has languished. There had been no entries in the case docket since Aug. 17, 2007, until a reporter called the judge's chambers last week to inquire about the case. Early yesterday morning, the docket was updated to show that a telephone...
NY Protest Calendar (Beta) (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... Liberty” Six days after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Atto= rney General John Ashcroft called on Congress to pass the Bush Administrati= on’s antiterrorism legislation within a week.=20 The 2001 USA Patriot Act had an immediate and far-reaching effect on civil = liberties, leading to endless discussions about the tradeoff between securi= ty and freedom.=20...
How Appealing (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... saw the case against Extreme Associates as a prelude of things to come under then-Attorney General John Ashcroft. But in the five years since, the case has languished. There had been no entries in the case docket since Aug. 17, 2007, until a reporter called the judge's chambers last week to inquire about the case." (Via " LawBeat ").
Harper's Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
... Crowley recounted that Biden was continuously boasting that the terrorism bill sent to Congress by John Ashcroft (soon to be called The Patriot Act) was a replica of legislation that Biden had long advocated — ever since the Oklahoma City courthouse bombing…Numerous articles are hailing Biden’s steadfast “pro-Israel” record and praising him as a great liberal “internationalist” —...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
... and Siddiqui's lawyers believe he gave up her name under torture.In 2004, Attorney General John Ashcroft publicly identified her as being among seven suspected al-Qaida operatives the FBI wanted to find.Sharp believes her client has been held captive by the United States even since being abducted in Karachi in 2003. She said Siddiqui's children also are in U.S. custody."What we have...
U.Va. Law School News (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
... but it was a highly predictable, and therefore blameworthy, outcome. Under two attorneys general, John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales, the harm derived from assigning serious business to eager amateurs focused on politics who either did not understand or did not value the mission of the Executive Office for Immigration Review. The EOIR, a unit within Justice, includes both the trial-level...
