Justice Department Subpoenas Its Former Lawyers In Civil Rights Probe
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed several former senior Justice Department attorneys for an investigation into the politicization of the Department'...
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed several former senior Justice Department attorneys for an investigation into the politicization of the Department'...
Brad Friedman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Former Ohio Sec. of State Kenneth Blackwell and disgraced former FEC chair Hans Von Spakovsky have confirmed that they will testify about the myriad crimes that occurred on and by their watch in the 2004 Presidential Election.
Laura MacCleery | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
Federal Election Commission nominee Hans von Spakovsky's withdrawal is undoubtedly good news, and will help to assure that the FEC will be restored to its previous, albeit minimal, functionality.
Rick Hasen | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics
Bush has made a move to break the impasse over Federal Election Commission nominations, and the result may impact the enforcement of McCain's public financing withdrawal request.
Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.28.2008 | Home
John McCain's staunchest ally on campaign finance reform, Fred Wertheimer, says that it is illegal for him to be doing what he is doing.
The Brennan Center for Justice | Posted 12.21.2007 | Home
There's new reason to celebrate this holiday season, and it comes from an unlikely source of good tidings: the Senate floor. News has arrived last week that Hans von Spakovsky, the Ebenezer Scrooge of election administration, will no longer be a member of the Federal Elections Commission.
Dave Johnson | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics
They don't want the government functioning, and if they must have it they want it doing their bidding -- funneling cash to their cronies and protecting the corporations from the citizenry.
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Murray Waas | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home