Atty Gen Jerry Brown

Is CNBC Pimping for State Street Bank?

Jerry Brown | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

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Jerry Brown

In my book, there's nothing 'quaint' about corporate fraud or ripping off pension funds. So, I'll continue to bring the high-priced rip-off artists like State Street Bank to justice, regardless of CNBC sneers.

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Jerry Brown To Run For California Governor

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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It was 1974 when Jerry Brown ran for governor as a dashing 36-year-old reformer, the embodiment of change in Watergate's aftermath. "I was the new sp...

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Jerry Brown's Supreme Court Gambit Only Undermines Challenge to Prop 8

Peter Scheer | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Peter Scheer

By switching sides in the Supreme Court, the Attorney General ripped up his job description -- a political gambit that pleases his supporters but, ironically, only makes it harder for the Court to overturn Prop 8.

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Prop 8 Inquisitors "Command" Court To "Bow"

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Jeffrey Feldman

I am no constitutional expert, but I am pretty sure that the the only time a legal brief counts as a commandment is when God writes it -- on stone (see, e.g., The Bible).

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CA Atty. Gen. Calls on Bush Admin. to Abandon Endangered Species Changes

ProPublica | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

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The Bush administration wants to alter many environmental rules before it leaves office. The changes could put "entire species and ecosystems at risk for complete destruction," says Jerry Brown.

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Attorney General Mukasey Must Act To Address Police Brutality

Paul Peete | Posted 08.07.2008 | Home

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Paul Peete

America can no longer afford to wait for an Attorney General to be selected by the next president to address the breakdown in control over the nation's police departments' use of force policies.

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