DOJ’s New Miranda Policy Betrays Constitution & Power of Judiciary

By: bmaz Thursday March 24, 2011 6:02 am

The Obama Administration has sought to improperly alter Constitutional Miranda rights by administrative decree.

Court Denies Scott Bloch & DOJ Collusive Attempt To Withdraw Plea

By: bmaz Thursday March 10, 2011 5:38 am

Judge Deborah Robinson of the District of Columbia District Court has denied the collusive attempt by Scott Bloch and the DOJ to withdraw the plea agreement that would give him jail time for contempt of Congress.

DOJ Bigfoots Over A Bridge Too Far On Loughner Indictment

By: bmaz Sunday March 6, 2011 10:18 am

On Friday afternoon, the DOJ released a superseding indictment of Jared Loughner in the Giffords shooting incident occurring on January 8 in Tucson, Arizona. It is a stunning overreach and contorted power grab by the federal government for which the Obama DOJ should be ashamed.

Court Should Deny DOJ & Scott Bloch Collusion to Avoid Accountability

By: bmaz Tuesday March 1, 2011 1:31 pm

As you will recall, Scott Bloch is the senior governmental attorney who formerly served as head of the United States Office of Special Counsel: The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency. Our basic authorities come from four federal statutes: the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection [...]

Whistleblowers Concerned that DOJ Refuses to Jail Scott Bloch, Too

By: emptywheel Tuesday February 22, 2011 8:17 am

Last week, bmaz (with my kibbitzing) noted how outrageous is it that the federal government is fighting to prevent a government employee who destroyed an entire hard drive of evidence from spending even one day in jail. But given the record of this Administration–from the mantra of “look forward” to the refusal to charge Dick [...]

Our DOJ Refuses to Send Officials to Jail – Scott Bloch Edition

By: bmaz Tuesday February 15, 2011 12:27 pm

The Obama Administration and Holder Justice Department were not willing to make misrepresentations and disingenuous arguments to cravenly insure that Executive Branch officials, including Scott Bloch, lying to Congress do not serve so much as a day in jail.

A New Judge For the Giffords Case and An Early Problem For Him

By: bmaz Thursday January 13, 2011 10:59 am

A new judge, from outside of Arizona, has been appointed to handle the Federal Criminal case against Jared Loughner, and he will have a substantial issue of jurisdiction on his hands when he first takes the bench on it.

Obama/Bush DOJ Update to OLC Christmas Carol

By: bmaz Saturday December 25, 2010 6:57 pm

Through what can only be described as a Christmas miracle, our very own Mary has “discovered” the new version of the OLC Christmas carol, as updated by the Obama/Bush OLC.

The Misplaced US Determination To Indict Assange

By: bmaz Sunday December 12, 2010 7:23 pm

The US determination to prosecute Julian Assange is not just a destructive and myopic scheme to effect prior restraint in a digital world, it is laughable from the point of legal foundation.

Durham Torture Tape Case Dies, US Duplicity in Geneva & The Press Snoozes

By: bmaz Tuesday November 9, 2010 12:27 am

Just how inattentive and asleep at the wheel does the government think the American media and citizenry are, to brazenly engage in the simultaneous duplicity of relying on the Durham investigation in Geneva for the UN UPR On Human Rights at the same moment it was using the Durham investigation to bleed out the statute of limitation on the primary jurisdiction of the investigation at home? Well, they think the media and people are completely asleep and, sadly, they are quite correct.

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