House Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration promised Congress on Tuesday to negotiate stronger privacy protections for Americans under terrorism surve...

Rove's piece in the Wall Street Journal constitutes his latest non-denial about corrupt dealings with the Justice Department. The more he talks the more he suggests that he's guilty as sin.

This week's news offered enormous vindication to those of us who watched the Bush Administration with, shall we say, a jaundiced eye. First, on Tuesd...

What happened to Paul Minor is not only unethical, but also unconstitutional.

Hoping to bring "cramdown" legislation back onto Congress' radar, a House Judiciary subpanel met this afternoon to re-examine whether bankruptcy judge...

The goal of the deposition was to probe further into the firing of nine US attorneys. Previously, the Bush White House, claiming executive privilege, had blocked any questioning.

Federal Judges get away with almost anything. Sam Kent for example, would have been convicted of rape but instead took a plea deal where he only served 33 months in jail, and he got to keep his salary.

Despite Karl Rove's concerns that his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee could become a "show trial," the deal he cut assures that his testimony, at least initially, will be conducted in private. John Conyers promises to get to the bottom of Rove's role in the US Attorneys scandal, but will Bush's Brain be asked about the outing of Valerie Plame? The prosecution of Don Siegelman? His cozy relationship with Jack Abramoff? The Rove deal allows Obama to sidestep weighing in on Bush's very broad claims of executive privilege. White House Counsel Greg Craig says Obama is "very sympathetic to those who want to find out what happened," but doesn't want to "do anything that would... weaken the institution of the presidency." After reading the chilling secret Bush memos released this week, the idea of a less unbridled executive branch doesn't seem like such a bad thing.

Eleven lucky horses got a new lease on life yesterday. Authorities still don't know who discarded the malnourished horses. The owner might not come forward since he/she could face criminal charges.

Vincent Bugliosi talks about his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee. RW: You wrote, "I strongly believe without absolutely knowing that...

Vincent Bugliosi talks about prosecuting George Bush and his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee appearance.

Bugliosi's agenda: Once Bush is out of office, let's drag his butt into a court of law. But the media's perception that much of the public can't conceive of prosecuting a president in a court of law is probably accurate.

Impeachment hearings would finally show that the Congress is doing its job -- protecting the constitution -- and it will very likely cause a drastic bump in the ratings for the Dems in congress.

Karl Rove and his right-wing political cronies targeted me through a malicious, unfounded, politically-motivated prosecution. Now is the time to take action.

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.

This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.

Impeachment is on the table. But Congress is not allowed to bite. The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on one of Ohio Congressman Denni...

I've been watching a parade of slapstick worthy of the Keystone Kops lately, but it's not on Vintage Movie Night - it's in Washington DC. Hapless does...

Yesterday it became clear Rove and the White House believe they are in a class entirely by themselves -- a separate group that is above the reach of a subpoena and, consequently, above the law.

Chairman Conyers has the ability to bring the articles to a vote in the committee, but he is undecided on a course of action.

Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee received a letter from Karl Rove's attorney Robert Luskin, stating that his client refuses to testify before ...

An adviser to Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers said FBI agents asked him in early June to cooperate with their investigation into possible Cit...

David Addington is going to say as little as possible to the House Judiciary Committee today. The Vice President's chief of staff didn't submit testim...

Congress must formally object to President Bush's abuses or it risks by "indifference or quiescence" contributing to the powers of our imperial presidency.