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...York Times last week that “Alito’s detractors ignore the context and the content” of the 1985 abortion memo. The op-ed also defended a 1984 memo by Alito, in which the future high-court nominee argued that executive-branch officials who order illegal domestic wiretaps should be immune from personal liability...
...having provided "official acts and influence" in exchange for gifts, travel, meals and campaign contributions. Ney has not been formally charged and denies he did anything wrong. But the investigation is also encircling the political operation of DeLay. And the probe may yet reach deeper into the Executive Branch. It has already yielded the indictment of former Bush Administration official David Safavian on five counts of lying about his dealings with Abramoff while he was a senior official at the General Services Administration, the procurement agency for the Federal Government. Sources at the Interior Department tell TIME that its inspector...
...when Cooper was named to head the department's Office of Legal Counsel, he immediately thought of Alito to be one of his deputies. The office functions almost as a law firm within the Executive Branch, offering legal advice on the various ideas coming from other presidential aides?the perfect post for a man who focused more on the fine points of jurisprudence than on politics. This was a chance for a big step up. The question was, Could he be trusted...
...following revelations that Bush has allowed the secret surveillance of Americans without warrants, Democrats have shifted their concern to Alito's robust defense of Executive power. In a 2000 speech, for instance, Alito argued that the framers viewed the Executive Branch of government "as necessary to balance the huge power of the legislature and the factions that may gain control over it." Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy has said he would question Alito about a 1984 memo in which he argued the Attorney General should be immune from lawsuits even if he authorized illegal domestic wiretapping...
...bathroom. It just keeps coming back. For those living under a rock—why haven’t you thrown that rock through the video display—the bank has virtually imprisoned a multi-ethnic band of salespeople behind a pane of glass at its new Square branch. These hawkers rotate regularly, shouting at passersby at all hours of the day and night. Perhaps Sovereign thinks if it scares the people walking in front of the deserted bank at night, people will fear muggings and put more money in banks. More likely, some homeless Square dweller?...