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In an announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Wednesday afternoon President Bush confirmed that he has nominated White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as US Attorney General. Initial word of the nomination came...

Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys of the Northern District of Illinois found two US-based Islamic charities liable for damages Wednesday in the 1996 shooting death in Israel of an American teenager, David Boim. Keys held Texas-based Holy Land Foundation and...

Jeff Cooper, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis:"According to John Ashcroft, "he objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved,". Well, I feel better.Actually, I do feel better knowing that Ashcroft will shortly be...

Douglas Berman, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University:"I suspect we will see stories in the days ahead about Ashcroft's legacy, and I suspect most of those stories will focus on the "war on terror."  However, from my sentencing-centric perspective,...

John D. Ashcroft to President George W. Bush, November 2, 2004 . Excerpt:The demands of justice are both rewarding and depleting. I take great personal satisfaction in the record...

AP is reporting that Attorney General John Ashcroft has resigned from the Bush cabinet, along with Commerce Secretary Don Evans. Ashcroft's resignation had been expected by some observers, albeit perhaps not until January. Possible successors include Senator Orrin Hatch,...

The US Justice Department has responded to yesterday's district court ruling that the Guantanamo military commission proceedings are unlawful (reported here on JURIST's Paper Chase) by saying it will seek an emergency stay of the ruling and will immediately...

Members of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights have harshly criticized a proposal by Russian officials to detain relatives of terrorists to discourage hostage-taking. Such a proposal would violate international law, according to UN human...

Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who is on trial for last year's hotel bombing in Bali, has called his trial a joke Thursday, saying that the US and Australia are masterminding his trial. Bashir, who is alleged to be...

Address to the enlarged Government meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin, September 13, 2004 . Read the text of the speech in English. Excerpt: We must...