Here’s the latest from The Times on yesterday’s proceedings in the Stevens case. According to the report, Judge Emmet Sullivan gave a “lacerating” speech addressing his issues with the prosecution. The judge, who was named to the Federal District Court here by President Bill Clinton, delivered a broad warning about what he said was a […]
Category: Courts & Cases
Justice: South Africa v. USA
The Times reports that before South Africa’s presidential election this month, prosecutors dropped charges against candidate Jacob Zuma, saying their case was tainted. The Times reports that after a controversial trial held during the the 2008 election season for Alaska’s hotly-contested Senate seat resulting in a guilty verdict, prosecutors today dropped charges against Sen. Ted Stevens, […]
Book Banning
Sean Parnell of the Center for Competitive Politics got this letter to the editor published in today’s Times. The letter refers to a piece of government lawyer Malcolm L. Stewart’s argument before the Supreme Court in Citizens United. Defending campaign finance restrictions that limited the ability of a documentary about Hillary Rodham Clinton from being […]