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Attorney General John Ashcroft, for his part, has dramatically expanded the government's view of the Second Amendment. In footnotes to Supreme Court filings earlier this year, Ashcroft's Solicitor General wrote that "the Second Amendment more broadly protects the rights of individuals...to possess and bear their own firearms." This was a turnabout from the government's long-standing reading of the amendment's scope as being limited to state militias, which has reflected a 1939 Supreme Court decision. As a result, federal prosecutors are being swamped by court motions from defendants who quote Ashcroft in their argument...
...points of view. Newman's brief is due on Sept. 13--a Friday. It's a victory of sorts: Mukasey could have dismissed the matter on the spot or had it moved to South Carolina, but he didn't. The hearing also had a surprise special guest: Principal Deputy Solicitor General Paul Clement, a conservative and relatively young lawyer who took over arguments for the government's side. His presence was a clue as to where the Department of Justice thinks this is all heading, given that the primary function of the Solicitor General's office is to argue...
...since Bush v. Gore have so many constitutional lawyers jumped on a case. First Amendment liberal Floyd Abrams has joined Starr. McCain and Feingold are assembling their own impressive team to help U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson defend the law. Sources say former Clinton Solicitor General Seth Waxman will lead lawyers from Common Cause, Democracy 21 and other reform groups...
...academy, the mayor continues to get reports that friends and colleagues of his have perished--including Barbara Olson, the wife of U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson and an old friend of Giuliani...
FRANCIS SEOW The former solicitor general was detained without trial for 10 weeks in 1988 after authorities accused him of being in contact with a U.S. embassy official, who, they alleged, was interfering in the city-state's domestic affairs. Seow left Singapore and was later convicted in absentia of tax evasion and fined...