The Congressional Research Service Says the Senate Can Exclude Burris

By: emptywheel Monday January 12, 2009 12:07 pm

CRS says that the Senate can exclude Roland Burris. But that doesn’t mean they will.

Would George Bush Consider a PatFitzPack of Pardons?

By: emptywheel Wednesday December 3, 2008 6:28 pm

So far, every single high profile figure that Patrick Fitzgerald has prosecuted in the last eight years has been mentioned for a pardon. Is someone somewhere packaging this into a 3-for-1 deal?

Isn’t It Time to Chat with Kyle Sampson Again?

By: emptywheel Friday July 18, 2008 5:10 am

Durbin: Were you ever party to any conversation about the removal of Patrick Fitzgerald from his position as NDIL USA?

Sampson: I remember on one occasion in 2006, in discussing the

SJC Mukasey Hearing, Part Two

By: emptywheel Wednesday January 30, 2008 8:48 am

Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Orrin Hatch, and Russ Feingold question Mukasey.

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