US House committee issues subpoena for EPA-White House communications
The US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a subpoena Wednesday to compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to turn over documents relating to White House involvement in the EPA decision...
House panel says EPA withholding info on California emissions waiver rejection
US House Government Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) accused the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday of withholding information from the committee and threatened to take action to compel production of the requested...
House Oversight Committee schedules hearing on White House e-mail records
US House Government Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has scheduled a hearing for mid-February to look into White House compliance with the Presidential Records Act and to investigate the contradiction between comments [press...
California filed a lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday challenging the agency's decision to deny the state's request for a waiver that would have allowed it and...
California will appeal the decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny its request for a waiver that would have allowed it and 16 other states following its lead to impose stricter greenhouse...
US State Department officials Friday announced the resignation of State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard , following a long controversy over allegations that he obstructed inquiries that could harm the Bush administration. Last month, Krongard testified before the...
The Supreme Court ponders habeas rights for Guantanamo prisoners
J. Wells Dixon : "The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) returned to the United States Supreme Court yesterday for arguments in Al Odah v. United States and Boumediene v....
Prosecutor in Louisiana death penalty case disregarded defendant's rights
Virginia Sloan : "Today, as I observed the oral arguments in Synder v. Louisiana before the United States Supreme Court, I was struck by the fact that James Williams will almost certainly never face a judge, jury,...
US House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) has asked US Attorney General Michael Mukasey to help the committee obtain transcripts of interviews with US President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and...
Bush administration invoking secrecy defense to avoid Abramoff files release
The Bush administration is invoking a secrecy defense known as Glomarization to avoid disclosing hundreds of documents concerning White House visits by former lobbyist Jack Abramoff , according to AP citing court papers filed Friday....
