Alberto Gonzales

Where's Alberto Gonzales?

Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


There's a new game that can be played in DC, and it's called "Where In The World Is Alberto Gonzales." On Wednesday he published an op-ed in The LA T...

Alberto Gonzo Returns With A Lecture On Equality

The Carpetbagger Report | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


We haven't heard too much from Alberto Gonzales since he resigned in disgrace as Attorney General. He was last seen struggling to find a job in his pr...

Precedent George Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the presidential power, and the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. government.

Conservatives Reveal Principles

David Misch | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


David Misch

There are those of us on the bleeding-heart (wait, shouldn't that term now be restricted to those killed in Iraq?) Left who, cynically, believe that c...

Justice Department Looked For Liberal "Buzz Words" On Resumes

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Ivy Leaguers and other top law students were rejected for plum Justice Department jobs two years ago because of their liberal leani...

White House Subpoena Battle Hits Courts

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Congress was trying to be diplomatic when it brought an unprecedented lawsuit to settle its subpoena fight against the White House,...

Coming this Sunday in New York Times: Fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias Hits Back at Karl Rove, Others

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

In an interview in Sunday 's New York Times Magazine, David Igelsias, fired by the Bush administration in the U.S. Attorney scandal, tackles a wide range of issues.

Alberto Gonzales' Cover Letter

Lauren Kirchner | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


Lauren Kirchner

My greatest strength: agreeability. My greatest weakness: chocolate!! So, in conclusion, please hire me at your law firm and/or mens clothing chain store.

Alberto Gonzales Finding It Tough To Land A New Job

Huffington Post | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics


The New York Times is reporting Sunday that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is having a hard time finding a job at a law firm: He has, throu...

HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's Resignation -- A Window Into Bush Administration's Corruption, Indifference, and Incompetence

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home


Peter Dreier

The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.

The Sound Of Democrats' Silence On Civil Liberties

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 02.22.2008 | Home


Jeanine Molloff

A recent gathering protesting Alberto Gonzales' appearance in St. Louis underscored the Obama and Clinton's deafening silence on the erosion of our civil liberties under George W. Bush.

Alberto Gonzales 'Repeatedly' Compares Himself, Bush Adiminstration To Lincoln Presidency

Think Progress | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Yesterday, former attorney general Alberto Gonzales gave a speech at Washington University, for which he was compensated $30,000. Gonzales agreed to a...

What Alberto Gonzales Can Teach Us about Hillary Clinton

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics


Nathan Gonzalez

I am glad that I turned my back on Alberto Gonzales back in 2004. I am not a traitor to Latinos, or a blind partisan.

Justice Department Accused Of Blocking Gonzales Probe

LA Times | Richard B. Schmitt and Tom Hamburger | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics


The government agency that enforces one of the principal laws aimed at keeping politics out of the civil service has accused the Justice Department of...

Is This How We Win Friends?

William Fisher | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics


William Fisher

We need to stop substituting post-9/11 paranoia for evidence. Using the law as a blunt instrument is highly unlikely to make many friends for the U.S. in a community where we desperately need all the friends we can find.

New Year's 2008: Should Auld Administrations Be Forgot...

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.31.2007 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

As we ring out 2007, and ring in 2008, our bloggers are looking back on the year that was (goodbye "wide stance," bald Britney, juiced up ballplayers, Melamine-tainted pet food, recalled toys, heavily-armed school shooters, Karl Rove's historical revisionism, Miss Teen USA's views on education ("like such as..."), Bill Clinton's fears of "rolling the dice," Don Imus apologizing, Michael Vick apologizing, David Vitter apologizing, Marie Osmond dancing, Lindsay Lohan rehabbing, Alberto Gonzales testi-lying, Blackwater thugs, and fired US Attorneys) and looking ahead at the year to come (hello primaries, conventions, November 4, and the end of the Bush presidency), as well as offering up their New Year's resolutions. Click here to read my resolutions.

"American Taliban" Whistleblower Joins Furor Over CIA Tapes

William Fisher | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics


William Fisher

The destruction of the CIA tapes has raised questions about whether CIA officials withheld information from Congress, the courts and the Sept. 11 commission about aspects of the program.

Gonzales, Cheney's Lawyer Plotted Over CIA Torture Tapes

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics


At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy vid...

Friday Talking Points [Vol. 12]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The whole Obama flap over cocaine (fueled by the Clinton camp) needs to get shot down right away, before any Republicans consider using it to attack Obama. And it's so pathetically easy to shoot this one down.

Jury Deadlocked Over Homegrown "Sears Tower Terrorists"

Associated Press | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics


In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, one of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears T...

Law Journal Names Alberto Gonzales "Lawyer Of The Year"

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics


Negative news coverage might have cost Alberto Gonzales his job as attorney general, but it won him a dubious honor yesterday from a magazine publishe...

Alberto Gonzales Named The American Bar Association Journal's "Lawyer Of The Year"

ABA Journal | Siobhan Morrissey | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


The most talked-about attorney this past year by a mile, Gonzales, 52, rose from being the grandson of illegal immigrants to the first Hispan ic attor...

Will Thomas

The Ghost Of Gonzales: Justice Dept Still Backs Controversial Voter ID Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


Though Alberto Gonzales is gone, the Justice Department is still backing controversial voter identification laws that many believe are specifically de...

Sen. Whitehouse Reveals Secret Justice Dept. Memos: Bush Determines What Is Constitutional

Think Progress | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics


This morning, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivered an impassioned floor speech to help frame the debate over FISA reform. Using his privilege as a...

Creative Rebellion: Cornell Resists Ashcroft

Michael Siegel | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics


Michael Siegel

2007-12-01-bilde22pull.jpgWe owned the room for 20 minutes. Ashcroft stammered and said he didn't know what to do. Only after the campus Republicans shouted, "Keep going!" did the former AG attempt to regain his flow.


 

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