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• Taxpayers To Foot Bill For Gonzales' Private Representation In DOJ Lawsuit

  Former U.S. Attorney General Gonzales facing a lawsuit over politicization of the Department of Justice has turned to a private attorney for representation . The decision reported by TPMMuckraker and McClatchy Newspapers , was approved by the DOJ and... Posted Nov 18 2008, 04:02 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• More Evidence Surfaces Of Political Involvement In Prosecution of Former Ala. Gov.

  Newly unearthed documents relating to the prosecution of former Alabama Democratic Gov. Don E. Siegelman on corruption charges add to the developing picture of a politically tainted case. Time magazine reported recently on internal prosecution e-mails... Posted Nov 18 2008, 10:15 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• ACS Promotes New Ideas, Policy Changes For Incoming Administration

  The Legal Times takes note of some ACS leaders who are helping the new administration in its transition period. The article by Jeff Jeffrey notes that ACS Executive Director Lisa Brown is serving in the Obama transition team and ACS Board Member Ron Klain... Posted Nov 17 2008, 08:58 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Legal Action To Recover White House E-Mails, To Go Forward, Judge Rules

  A federal judge has provided a setback to efforts by the Bush administration to avoid requests to recover and preserve e-mails and other electronic communications. U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr., ruled earlier this week that a lawsuit may proceed... Posted Nov 13 2008, 03:29 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Obama Team Considering Future of Military Tribunals and Bush Executive Orders

  President-elect Barack Obama’s advisers are contemplating plans to shutter the military prison and tribunals at Guantanamo Bay and reversing executive orders issued by the Bush administration. According to The Associated Press the plans on Guantanamo... Posted Nov 10 2008, 10:58 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Bush Administration Deregulatory Agenda Finishing Strong

  by Thomas McGarity , Center For Progressive Reform (CPR) Member Scholar and Board of Director, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Administrative Law at the University of Texas in Austin. Joining Thomas McGarity in this post are CPR Policy... Posted Nov 07 2008, 08:42 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Top Republican Claims DOJ Has Been Politicized ... By the Democratic Party

  House minority leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) believes that he Department of Justice has become politicized , by the Democratic Party, Zachary Roth reports for TPMMuckraker . Roth reports on a letter that Boehner sent to Attorney General Michael Mukasey... Posted Oct 31 2008, 03:30 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Former Military Specialists Describe U.S. Surveillance Of Americans

  Two former military intercept operators tell ABC News that the federal government has eavesdropped on hundreds of calls made from Americans oversees to friends and relatives back home. The Bush administration, as ABC News notes, has repeatedly said its... Posted Oct 09 2008, 10:57 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Appeals Court Refuses To Force Bush Aides To Cooperate In Congressional Investigation Over Removal of U.S. Attorneys

  A federal appeals court won’t force top Bush administration aides to cooperate with Congress over its investigation of the firings of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled today that it would not have... Posted Oct 06 2008, 03:47 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Secrecy, Restricted Access Damage Guantánamo's Effectiveness

  Anthony S. Barkow is a volunteer consultant for Human Rights First. He is Executive Director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law ( www.prosecutioncenter.org ). Barkow is observing and analyzing the... Posted Sep 30 2008, 08:10 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Report Offers Legal Reforms To Save Science from Politics

  by Rena Steinzor , a Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) member scholar, Wendy Wagner , a CPR member scholar, and Matthew Shudtz , a policy analyst at CPR. A new Center for Progressive Reform white paper proposes nine legal reforms to help eliminate political... Posted Sep 26 2008, 12:04 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Translation Problems Hinder Military Commission Proceedings

  by Anthony S. Barkow , a volunteer consultant for Human Rights First. He is Executive Director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law ( www.prosecutioncenter.org ). Barkow is observing and analyzing the... Posted Sep 25 2008, 07:41 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Detainee Appears Before Military Tribunal, Legal Uncertainties Loom

  by Anthony S. Barkow, executive director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law ( www.prosecutioncenter.org ). Barkow is observing and analyzing the American military proceedings for Human Rights First... Posted Sep 24 2008, 08:55 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Pentagon Transfers Senior Official, Further Tainting Military Commissions

  by Anthony S. Barkow , a volunteer consultant for Human Rights First. He is Executive Director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law ( www.prosecutioncenter.org ). Guantánamo Bay, September 22... Posted Sep 23 2008, 03:00 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers

• Lawmakers Question Bailout Plan's Limit On Court Access

  An interesting aspect of the Bush administration’s proposed bailout of troubled financial institutions deals with court access. Bloomberg.com reports that some lawmakers have noticed a part of the Bush plan that would block courts from reviewing... Posted Sep 22 2008, 10:45 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Separation Of Powers