Bipartisan Group Casts Bizarre Pro-Porn Vote
WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers directed the federal government to deploy radical new powers to enforce and protect cop...
WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers directed the federal government to deploy radical new powers to enforce and protect cop...
Sen. Chris Coons | Posted 07.05.2011
Congress' delay in ending patent-fee diversion is costing America jobs at a time when we desperately need to be getting more Americans back to work. We need to fight for the power of good ideas.
Martha Burk | Posted 05.25.2011
Candidates will be stumping for every vote in the upcoming midterm elections -- but how many are willing to buck the hospital corporations and medical device manufacturers in favor of you and me?
readwriteweb.com | Posted 05.25.2011
Despite the rollback on some of Facebook's heavily-debated privacy changes, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary still has questions for Facebook...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011
"Mr. Chairman, and my fellow members of this committee: I'll keep my statement brief today, so that we'll all have an opportunity to engage in the kind of detailed questioning of the nominee that has been this committee's trademark."
Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011
Yes, Glenn Beck would likely conjure a grand conspiracy in sending someone named "Whitehouse" to the Supreme Court, but as a sitting senator it would be difficult for Republicans to filibuster his nomination.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Is your email private? You may think it is, but you may also be surprised how easy it is for law enforcement to access it without a warrant.
AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer talked about Twitter and their friendship with Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on Thursday....
AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's liberal pick for a San Francisco-based appeals court survived his first Senate test Thursday but still fac...
Victor Williams | Posted 05.25.2011
Republican Senators holding important national security and justice positions vacant while extorting provincial pork must be exposed and shamed.
Michael Smerconish | Posted 05.25.2011
Sen. Arlen Specter would like to see Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial be televised, stemming from a prosecutorial belief that trying him in a federal civilian court is the right decision.
Leslie Harris | Posted 05.25.2011
Disturbingly, Obama Administration officials played a significant behind the scene role in opposing stronger civil liberties protections, directly contradicting Obama's positions as a Senator.
AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A bill to protect reporters' confidential sources in federal court cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, ending month...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
The two top officials on the Senate Judiciary Committee left niceties at the door when they held a joint appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" Sund...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
In all the hoopla over Judge Sonia Sotomayor being nominated to the Supreme Court, there is one interesting side story that the media is largely ignor...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
The prospect of Senate Republicans filibustering an Obama Supreme Court nominee seemed remote, especially considering the defection of Sen. Arlen Spec...
Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011
We can't let the Republicans block nominees who don't support their agenda. We can't continue to have a country where there is one set of rules for a few at the top and a different set for the rest of us.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
The fault lines over the confirmation battle for Attorney General nominee Eric Holder were drawn several weeks ago, when a series of Republican Senato...
Don Siegelman | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm urgently enlisting your help to hold Karl Rove accountable for politicizing the Department of Justice -- including the prosecution that targeted me -- because our time may well be running out.
Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Don Siegelman | Posted 05.25.2011
Karl Rove and his right-wing political cronies targeted me through a malicious, unfounded, politically-motivated prosecution. Now is the time to take action.
Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.25.2011
Dennis Kucinich introduced 35 Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush. They were referred to the Judiciary Committee -- to die. That's too bad.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, whose scathing memoir about his time in the Bush administration sent waves through Washington D.C....
HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 12.20.2011