Alberto Gonzales
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Alberto Gonzales: The Morning After
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales made a make-or-break appearance yesterday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. We covered his SJC testimony extensively. See here, here, and here. If the Gonzales testimony were a Broadway show, today would be the morning after opening night, when the all-powerful Ben Brantley theatre critics weigh in. And based on the reviews […] -
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Alberto Gonzales: The Grilling Resumes (Part 3)
We’re getting underway again, with the testimony of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Some random audience member just shouted out: “Hi Senator Kyl!” 2:39: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who missed much of the morning session due to a funeral, is leading off the afternoon questioning. He reads a brief introductory statement […] - Sponsored
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Alberto Gonzales: In the Hot Seat (Part 2)
We’re picking up with where we left off, in our liveblogging of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. 10:50: Sen. Herb. Kohl is REALLY going after AGAG. He cites poll data showing that approximately half of the American public wants Gonzales to resign. Kohl is in essence asking: Why are you […]
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Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Alberto Gonzales: In the Hot Seat (Part 1)
We’re liveblogging Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s desperate fight for his political life testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is just getting underway. Our commentary will be added continuously to this post (until we eventually migrate to a new post). So just refresh your browser for the latest. 9:35: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), SJC Chairman, […] -
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Rachel Brand: The Prom Queen Stays Out of Trouble
The U.S. Attorney firing scandal rolls on. The WSJ Law Blog has a good linkwrap, highlighing the latest developments. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is frantically preparing for his make-or-break testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow. Remember the musical montage in Back to School, in which Rodney Dangerfield is shown cramming for his final exams […] -
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Morning Docket: 04.10.07
* Coke sues film makers for showing Jesus drinking a Coke and saying, “My God, what a testimonial.” [BLT] * Dean Ken Starr visits HLS for a reenactment of Dred Scott arguments. [CNN] * Howard K. Stern hires Lin Wood in Anna Nicole Smith case. [CNN] * AG Gonzales avoids e-mail altogether… Should you? [ABA […]
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Alberto Gonzales, Deaths, Department of Justice, Holy Crap, Monica Goodling, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Breaking: Jesus Wasn't the Only One Who Was Sacrificed Today
It’s Good Friday — the Friday before a big holiday weekend. And we all know what that means: a high-profile resignation, timed in an attempt to avoid the news cycle. Today we bid a fond farewell to the fabulous Monica M. Goodling. As de to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Monica Goodling helped coordinate the controversial […] -
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Possible Replacements for Alberto Gonzales
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may be slightly more secure in his position these days than in the recent past, when it was looking like “Gonzales” was Spanish for “canned.” But he’s not out of the woods yet — which is why speculation about possible successors continues. Ben Wittes, writing for TNR Online, has some excellent […] - Sponsored
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Monica Goodling: Yes, We're Obsessed
But so is the mainstream media. The articles about this high-ranking Justice Department official, at the heart of the controversial U.S. Attorney firings, just keep on coming. We can’t get enough of the coverage. We are completely intrigued — and quite taken by — Monica M. Goodling. She’s the most fascinating and appealing personality we’ve […] -
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Monica Goodling: Diva Is As Diva Does
We were planning to do a quick write-up on the Senate Judiciary Committee testimony of Kyle Sampson. But many such write-ups have already been done. And the Sampson testimony, while it had its moments, wasn’t quite as exciting as we were hoping. So forget about the decidedly unglamorous Kyle Sampson, accurately described by Emily Bazelon […] -
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Kyle Sampson: Inside the Lions' Den (Part 2)
(We were a little distracted by a technical glitch with the site that some commenters pointed out. But we think it has been fixed now, so we’re back to blogging on the hearings.) Since our last post, there have been some exciting developments. Sen. Pat Leahy’s questioning was pretty boring; he walked Sampson through a […] -
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Kyle Sampson Inside the Lions' Den
We’re liveblogging the Kyle Sampson testimony. Our commentary will be added continuously to this post, so just refresh your browser for the latest. We have high expectations — and we’re not alone. From the NYT: “I think it will be the most interesting testimony we have heard since Professor Hill,” Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, […] -
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What Is the Times Trying To Tell Us?
From the New York Times home page, as of 11:30 PM on Wednesday: Is this, like, a racial slur or something? Granted, it’s a buffalo-buffalo, not a water buffalo; but still… The NYT subsequently fixed this photo screw-up (but not before an enterprising ATL reader took a screenshot). The Timesfolk replaced the buffalo-and-snowmobiles photo with […]
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More on Monica Goodling
In our post from yesterday about Monica Goodling, we asked for insights and tidbits about this high-profile Justice Department lawyer. The post generated an avalanche of comments. We also received a few emails (although not as many as we might have liked). Here’s one: I went to high school near Messiah College, and I knew […] -
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Is This What Will Finally Take Alberto Gonzales Down?
We tend to doubt it. The source for the underlying exposé, World Net Daily, is perhaps best known for a piece entitled Soy Is Making Kids Gay. But we pass this along for your consideration. Do with it as you will. Alberto Gonzales’ Gay-Teen-Sex Cover-Up Shocker! [Wonkette] Embattled AG now accused in teen sex scandal […] -
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Paul McNulty: It's All His Fault
That’s the gist of this lengthy, extremely interesting, thoroughly researched special report. It’s by one of our favorite reporters, Jan Crawford Greenburg — who’s on the verge of replacing Linda Greenhouse as undisputed queen bee of the SCOTUS press corps hive. After reading the JCG piece, a devastating indictment of McNulty’s involvement in this debacle, […] -
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Do You Know Monica Goodling?
If so, we’d love to hear from you — please email us (subject line: “Monica Goodling”). Now that Goodling, who served as the Justice Department’s White House liaison (she’s currently on leave), has announced her intention to invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege, the public is hungry for more details about this mystery woman of the […] -
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Breaking: Monica's Lips Are Sealed
(No, not THAT Monica — it’s a bit late for that, dontcha think?) Breaking news from Bloomberg: Monica Goodling, a counsel to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales who helped coordinate the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys, will invoke her constitutional right not to answer Senate questions about the firings, her lawyer said. Goodling, one of […] -
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Morning Docket: 03.26.07
* Feel like putting down a couple hundred on Barack Obama or John Edwards? [Slate] * Sen. Hagel uses the “i” word. [MSNBC] * “New U.S. attorneys seem to have partisan records.” [McClatchy via Election Law Blog] * AG Gonzales feeling more heat from GOP Senators. [How Appealing (linkwrap)] * Does DVR violate copyright laws? […]
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John Edwards Announcement; Lunchtime Open Thread
We’re heading off for a lunch meeting. So we won’t be at our computer when former senator (and trial lawyer extraordinaire) John Edwards holds his noon press conference. The Edwards campaign hasn’t disclosed what the announcement will be. But according to Ben Smith of The Politico, Edwards “is suspending his campaign for President, and may […]