Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias has been giving lots of talks as he promotes his new book, In Justice, but this interview with Harper's has been one of the best so...

Emptywheel has Karl Rove's answers to questions from the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee -- you know, the committee before which Rove won't actually...

Karl Rove has categorically denied any involvement whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, in the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, in written...

A US federal appeals court today struck down COPA, the Child Online Protection Act, a Clinton-era censorship law that the Justice Department has been struggling to get...

A lawyer in the Justice Department gets the professional opportunity of a lifetime: to be the lead prosecutor in one of the first high-profile terrorist cases since 9/11....

The Justice Department is trying to revoke the U.S. citizenship of an 86-year-old Seattle restaurant host and retiree. Peter Egner was allegedly part of a Nazi police...

Felons are asking President Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office, a time when many other presidents have granted a...

In March 2002, detainee Abu Zubaydah, described as a “first test subject for harsh interrogation techniques,” underwent waterboarding while in U.S. custody....

Yesterday we told you how Stephen Payne -- the guy caught on video by the Times of London apparently selling access to the White House -- seemed strangely absent from the...

An anonymous reader writes "Stephen Spoonamore, founder of IT security firm Cybrinth and former advisor to John McCain, claims he has new evidence of election tampering...

After perusing the Fundraising Disclosure filed by John McCain's camp yesterday, one particular name jumped out: Juan Carlos Benitez, a lobbyist, lawyer, and Jack...

My column in Salon.com: 'The FBI's plan to "profile" Muslims': It's unconstitutional, un-American -- and it might hurt, rather than help, the FBI's effort to stop real...

You can watch the question & answer session with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Netroots Nation here. She was warmly welcomed when she came on stage at 9:15, and began with...

I don’t play poker, but I know quite a few people who do, and a few who play online. This post by Ian Ayres makes a fascinating argument that online poker might...

I’m still hearing fall-out from the DOJ/NAR suit settlement and reporters are still dithering about the meaning of it all. Laurie Janik, the NAR’s general...

One of my first stops for news is the “most popular” news on Yahoo!. I start here, not because I believe I’ll get tremendously valuable information or...