Senate Judiciary Committee

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Dear FCC, Please Don't Let Hollywood Break My TV

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Arlen Specter, Fcc, Mpaa, Senate Judiciary Committee, Gary Shapiro, Selective Output Control, Congress, Piracy, Julius Genachowski, Dan Glickman, Federal Communications Commission, Analog Hole, Department of Justice, Hdtv, Cea, Consumer Electronics Association, Motion Picture Association of America, Technology News

The MPAA is back -- this time, before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- asking permission to disable lawfully purchased HDTV-capable TVs.

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"Justice Can't Wait:" Judicial Selection in the First 10 Months of the Obama Administration

Nan Aron | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Filibuster, Senate, Judicial Nominees, Constitution, Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican Obstructionism, Judges, President Obama, Politics News

Alliance for Justice has released a new report on judicial selection in the first ten months of the Obama administration.

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Who's the CML Champ, Cheney or Gonzales?

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elliot Richardson, Council on Foreign Relations, Politically-Motivated Firings, Bobby Kennedy, Senate Judiciary Committee, Janet Reno, Halliburton, Valerie Plame, FBI Report, Dick Cheney, Perjury, John Ashcroft, Liz Cheney, u.s. Attorneys, Fox News, George H. W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales, President Bush, Politics News

Nobody listens to Alberto Gonzales in large part because, putting it charitably, he was not merely an unprincipled attorney general but an uninspired one. Of course, we also tune him out because we can't be sure he's telling the truth.

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Senate, White House Reach Agreement On Reporter Protections Legislation

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.01.2009 | Media

Read More: American Society of Newspaper Editors, Sen. Arlen Specter, White House Reporter Protections, Lucy Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Reporters Protect Sources, Reporter Protections Legislation, Sen. Charles Schumer, Attorney General Eric Holder, Media Shield Bill, Senate Judiciary Committee, Free Flow of Information Act, Ben LaBolt, Reporter Protections Compromise, Media News

WASHINGTON — The White House, key senators and media representatives have reached a compromise on legislation to protect reporters from being fo...

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Is Senator Jeff Sessions Qualified To Be on the Senate Judicary Committee?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sen. Jeff Sessions, Edward Chen, Senate Judiciary Committee, Judicial Qualifications, Confirmation Hearings, Judicial Nominations, Politics News

As Senators mull the qualifications for United States judges, should they not be required to display some minimal understanding of the process before undertaking this important task?

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Patriot Act Redux

James Zogby | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Richard Durbin, Civil Liberties, Patriot Act, Amy Klobuchar, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patriot Act Civil Liberties, Politics News

Civil libertarians of the right and left urged the Senate not to reauthorize the three provisions of the Patriot Act without providing new restraints on law enforcement and adequate protections.

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House Vote On Insurance Industry Antitrust Exemption Coming

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Trust, John Conyers, Congress, Health Care Debate, Senate Judiciary Committee, Health Insurers, Insurance Companies, Obama Weekly Radio Address, Transparency, Politics News, Obama Health Insurance Reform, Health Insurance Companies, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

The battle against the health insurance industry is steadily intensifying. House Democrats have formally scheduled a vote to revoke the industry's che...

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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Patriot Act Sections

AP | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patriot Act Approved, Patriot Act Bill, Senate Judiciary Patriot Act, FBI Patriot Act, Patriot Act, Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI Surveillance Laws, Surveillance Laws, Senate Patriot Act, Judiciary Committee Surveillance Laws, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A divided Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a revised version of the nation's major counterterrorism law, after intel...

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Al Franken Trumps DOJ Official With The 4th Amendment

Washington Independent | Daphne Eviatar | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judiciary Committee Patriot Act, Al Franken Fourth Amendment, Al Franken Patriot Act, Justice Department, Al Franken, Patriot Act Fourth Amendment, Senate Judiciary Committee, David Kris, Justice Department Patriot Act, Politics News

Just in case he wasn't familiar with it, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) decided to read the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution to David Kris, assistant a...

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Poisonous Atmosphere Keeping Obama From Appointing Judges

The New Yorker | Jeffrey Toobin | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

The Obama Administration wanted to send a message with the President's first nomination to a federal court. "There was a real conscious decision to us...

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The Gonzales Cantata: Former AG Inspires Concert Opera

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gonzales Cantata, Senate Judiciary Committee, Alberto Gonzales, Scandal, Politics News

Anyone who thought the Alberto Gonzales' Senate Judiciary Committee hearings had a certain kind of repetitive poetry should head to Philadelphia this ...

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Grassley 'Getting Reamed Out' By GOP On Health Care

Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Finance Committee, Chuck Grassley, Gop, Healthcare Reform, Senate Budget Committee, Republicans, Politics News

Most of the commentary on Chuck Grassley's truculence and back-pedaling has focused on his potential primary challenge and fear of the Iowa electorate...

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FLASHBACK: Ted Kennedy Vs. John Ashcroft (VIDEO)

Attackerman | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jay Bybee, Senate Judiciary Committee, John Ashcroft, John Yoo, Justice Department, Ted Kennedy, Abu Ghraib, Politics News

As we dig through the latest rounds of torture disclosures, it's instructive to remember a moment from June of 2004. In the aftermath of the Abu Ghrai...

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Washington Post: Nominations Roadblock In The Senate "Unconscionable"

washingtonpost.com | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nominations, Barack Obama, Justice Department, Senate Nominations, Nominations Roadblock, Senate Judiciary Committee, Dawn Johnsen, Politics News

IT HAS BEEN almost six months since President Obama nominated Indiana law professor Dawn E. Johnsen to head the Justice Department's influential Offic...

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Polls Show That People Don't Know What They Want But They Want It Right Now (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Taxes, Polls, Senate Judiciary Committee, Saturday Night Live, Polling, Slate, Media Criticism, Amy Poehler, Wall Street Journal, Dahlia Lithwick, Taxation, Sonia Sotomayor, Poetry, Media News

Sometimes, our political leaders are incoherent in their own unique ways. On other occasions, it's clear that they are just reflecting the incoherenc...

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Watch: Franken and Klobuchar Speak Out at Senate Judiciary Committee Vote (Video)

David Doody | Posted 08.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Supreme Court, Amy Klobuchar, Sonia Sotomayor, Al Franken, Home News

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Franken Blasts Supreme Court During Sotomayor Vote

The Minnesota Independent | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Minnesota, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Franken, Sotomayor Vote, Sonia Sotomayor, Al Franken, Wise Latina, Supreme Court, Amy Klobuchar, John Roberts Court, Politics News

Al Franken spewed fire and Amy Klobuchar threw brimstone this morning at the Senate Judiciary Committee's vote on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the ...

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Sotomayor Confirmation: Senate Judiciary Committee Votes: WATCH LIVE

Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing, Supreme Court Nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

On Tuesday the Senate Judiciary Committee will convene to vote on the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is expect...

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Sessions To Vote Against Sotomayor

Associated Press | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jeff Sessions, Supreme Court, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says he'll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Alabama Sen...

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Reflections on the Senate Confirmation Hearings, Part II - Duck, Duck, Goose

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judicial-Philosophy, Sotomayor, Recusal, Senate Judiciary Committee, Politics News

I agree that a nominee should not answer hypothetical questions on cases that may arise in the future, but I see no reason why nominees should not answer questions regarding existing court opinions.

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Judging Sonia: In Defense of Judicial Activism and a Wise Latina

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judicial Nomination, Judicial Review, Women Judges, Women Lawyers, Senate Judiciary Committee, Policy Making, Legislation, Law and Cultural Diversity, Sotomayor Hearings, Wise Latina, Judicial Nominee, Judicial Restraint, Judicial Authority, Policy Makers, Judicial Activism, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings, Politics News

What is the role or expectation of a justice on the Supreme Court? An adherent of precedent? A policy maker? And just how did judicial activism garner such a tarnished reputation?

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Empathy For The Devil

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216 was the venue for a skirmish that at times got awfully mean. Judge Sonia came in earnest, her cards laid out on the table.

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Lugar Becomes First Republican To Announce Vote For Sotomayor

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lugar, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor Confirmation, Richard Lugar, Sonia Sotomayor, Richard Lugar Supreme Court, Lugar Sotomayor, Politics News

Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court seemed relatively pre-ordained following four days of somewhat news-less testimony before the ...

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Judiciary Committee: Sharp Minds -- and Empty Suits

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Al Franken, Sotomayor Confirmation, Jeff Sessions, Dianne Feinstein, Herb Kohl, Lindsey Graham, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Kyl, John Cornyn, Tom Coburn, Sheldon Whitehouse, Benjamin Cardin, Sonia Sotomayor, Orrin Hatch, Politics News

These Senators spend their precious minutes before the cameras posturing, except for when they're pandering. Except for when they're plodding.

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Sotomayor Hearings are Political Bullsh*t

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayer, Sonia Sotomayor Views, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, Politics News

Senate confirmation hearings on judicial nominations are a form of Kabuki Theater in which everyone plays their assigned roles and no one tells the whole truth.

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