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Shahien Nasiripour

Decision On Disclosure Of Fed Loan Recipients Rests With Solicitor General Kagan, A Transparency Proponent

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

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For over a year, the Federal Reserve has refused to publicly identify the companies that received over two trillion dollars through its emergency lend...

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Court signals it may loosen campaign spending

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it may let businesses and unions spend freely to help their favored candidates in time for nex...

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Free The Guantanamo Uighurs!

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Us Constitution, Judge Judith Rogers, War on Terror, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Supreme Court Guantanamo Detainees, Nimbyism, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Politics, Guantanamo Uighurs, Judge A. Raymond Randolph, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, China, Elena Kagan, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World News
Andy Worthington

Obama needs to find the courage to resist the shrill opportunism of some of his least principled colleagues, and to order the Uighurs' release into the United States.

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Why Obama Won't Tap Jennifer Granholm for the Supreme Court

Susan J. Demas | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Rosen, Unemployment, Jennifer Granholm, John Cherry, Craig Deroche, Sonia Sotomayor, The New Republic, David Comey, Saul Anuzis, Michigan, Elena Kagan, Barack Obama, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

The former actress is auditioning for a role in Washington but when you don't get asked to dance at Prom enough times, the invitations tend to dry up.

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Sam Stein

Hatch: Kagan And Sotomayor Would Present "Real Dilemma" To Oppose

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

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A top Republican Senator on the Judiciary committee suggested on Thursday that two of the people widely believed to be under consideration for a Supre...

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Elena Kagan: Supreme Court Nominee? All You Need To Know

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

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With the retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter, President Obama has a space on the high court to fill. One of the top prospects is Elena Ka...

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Obama Legal Team Seeks To Limit Defendents' Right To Not Be Questioned Without Lawyer

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overrule a 23 year-old decision that stopped police from initiating questio...

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Obama Administration and DNA

Rob Warden | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gregory G. Garre, Supreme Court, District Attorney v. Osborne, Dna, Innocence, Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, Politics News
Rob Warden

Will the Obama Administration stick with the Bush Administration's opposition to DNA testing that could set a man free?

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GOP Senator Previews Attacks On Obama DOJ Nominees

Legal Times | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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Amid lopsided support Monday for Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., one Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee had some pointed criticism ...

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Elena Kagan: Obama's Solicitor General

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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President-Elect Obama has announced his intention to nominate the dean of the Harvard Law School as the first female solicitor general, the government...

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Obama Justice Department Nominees Named

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Justice Department, Tom Perrelli, Obama Justice, President Obama, Obama Doj, David Ogden, Elena Kagan, Dawn Johnsen, Politics News

President-elect Barack Obama has announced his choices to fill four top Justice Department positions Monday. David Ogden is being nominated for Deput...

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