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Press release, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee: “I am glad that Judge Mukasey has now returned the Judiciary Committees questionnaire (85 pages) providing important information necessary to begin a complete review of his record. The Committee will conduct the thorough review necessary for this crucial nomination, which comes at such a key juncture …
National Security Archive press release: “A District Court in the District of Columbia has ruled that an Executive Order [13,233] issued by President George W. Bush in 2001, which severely slowed or prevented the release of historic presidential papers is, in part, invalid. In a carefully constructed decision, the court held that the Archivist of …
Press release: “The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is relocating its Internet Web page to its own in-house servers. As part of this process, the court’s Web page address and domain name will be changed to www.cafc.uscourts.gov on October 1, 2007. The former Web page address and domain name, www.fedcir.gov, will …
History of Federal Judgeships: U.S. Courts of Appeals and U.S. District Courts Courts of Appeals >> Authorized Judgeships (pdf) >> Chronological History District Courts >> Authorized Judgeships (pdf) >> Chronological History Judgeships and Appointments >> Authorized Judgeships (pdf) >> Judgeship Appointments by President (pdf) See also: Gibson, James L. and Caldeira, Gregory A., “Knowing About …
US Courts, September 27, 2007 Citing the Judiciary view that camera coverage can undermine the fundamental right of citizens to a fair and impartial trial, a representative of the Judicial Conference of the United States testified today against H.R. 2128, the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007. The bill was the topic of …
EFF: “Today, Judge Ann Aiken of the Oregon Federal District Court ruled that two provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), “50 U.S.C. §§ 1804 and 1823, as amended by the Patriot Act, are unconstitutional because they violate the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.”
US Supreme Court 2007-2008 Case List
U.S. Courts: “This package of First Amendment cases provides examples of the six pillars of the First Amendment considered the foundation of the Constitution. Each freedom religion, speech, press, assembly, petition, and association is illustrated by a high-profile case that has an impact on today’s teens. These cases are presented in a way …
New York Times: September 23, 2007, Meet the Supremes, by David Margolick: “But to anyone who watches the court, or watches those who watch it, Toobins descriptions afford something else, arguably even more interesting: the chance to ponder which of those justices talked to him for this book, and which did not. And talk to …
U.S. Courts release: “The Judicial Conference of the United States today voted to make transcripts of federal district and bankruptcy court proceedings available online through the Judiciary’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. Under the new policy, transcripts created by court reporters or transcribers will be available for inspection and copying in a …
Press release: “The European Commission welcomes today’s ruling by the Court of First Instance upholding the European Commissions 2004 decision on Microsoft’s abuse of its dominant market position and confirming the totality of the fine imposed. In this decision, Microsoft was fined 497 million for infringing the EC Treaty rules on abuse of a dominant …
US Courts: “The success of the federal judiciary’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is well documented: Hundreds of millions of pages of court documents retrieved online each year by customers who numbers are approaching 750,000. Less attention, however, has focused on PACER’s impact on court staffs. “It’s definitely changed the way our office …
