January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Health |
January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Health |
January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Legal Affairs |
January 3 - Issues to Watch in 2005: Legal Affairs |
January 10 - 2005 Cabinet: Justice |
January 10 - Conservative Majority, Liberals in Dissent |
January 10 - Fiercest Fight in Partisan War May Be Over Supreme Court |
January 10 - Opposition to Shielding Drugmakers Makes Malpractice Bill a Longer Shot |
January 10 - Parliamentary Toolbox Full of Options To Renovate Filibuster Rules |
January 10 - Some Potential Supreme Court Nominees |
January 10 - Wasting Little Time, Freshman Leaps to Support Gonzales |
January 10 - Who Will Be at the Center of Any Supreme Court Nominations Fight? |
January 17 - Rulings on Sentencing Guidelines Seen as a Rebuff to Congress |
January 17 - The Heart of the Rulings on Sentencing Guidelines |
January 24 - Democrats Exercise Rule to Delay Gonzales Vote |
January 24 - Futurist: Googling the Stacks |
January 31 - 'Judicial Hellholes' in the Cross Hairs |
January 31 - 'Tort Reform' Battle: A Simple Case of Complexity |
January 31 - A Tough Guy Steps Up to 'Toughest Job' in D.C. |
January 31 - Courts & the Law: The Other Divide |
January 31 - Global Torts: Jury Is Still Out |
January 31 - Gonzales Draws Democrats' Fire |
January 31 - Immigration Fight Looms |
January 31 - Tort Claims File: Class Action Explosion |
January 31 - Tort Claims File: Defensive Doctors |
January 31 - Tort Claims File: Excessive Burden |
January 31 - Tort Claims File: Hamstrung Economy |
February 7 - Access for Military Recruiters Bill Adopted by House |
February 7 - Class Action Lawsuit Bill Begins Trek |
February 7 - Senate Backs Gonzales -- With Proviso |
February 14 - Bush Budget: Judicial Branch |
February 14 - Bush Budget: Justice |
February 14 - Class Action Bill Highlights |
February 14 - Class Action Overhaul Clears a Hurdle |
February 14 - Immigration Bill Provisions |
February 14 - Lawmakers Spar Over Asylum |
February 21 - Bankruptcy Overhaul Gets Another Round |
February 21 - Banning Genetic Profiling |
February 21 - Bush Renominates Judicial Choices Blocked in 108th by Democrats |
February 21 - Drugs in Controversy |
February 21 - Republicans Win on Class Action |
February 21 - Specter Diagnosed With Hodgkin's, Vows to Stick to Judiciary Agenda |
February 28 - Courts & the Law: When Market Forces Fail |
February 28 - Kennedy Sets Up Floor Fight Over Bankruptcy Code Overhaul |
February 28 - Lawyers Seek Loopholes in Class Action Overhaul |
March 7 - Alleged Tax Cheat's Libertarian Connection |
March 7 - Ban on Camcorder Use in Movie Theaters Approved by House Subcommittee |
March 7 - Bankruptcy Bill Amendment Blitz |
March 7 - Bankruptcy Bill Has Parties Dug In |
March 7 - Court Rulings Erode Base Of Imprisonment Policy |
March 7 - More Losses Than Wins for Bush On Immigration Cases |
March 14 - Bankruptcy Bill Leaves Senate, Unscathed |
March 14 - Dems Appoint Liaison to ... Hollywood? |
March 14 - Federal Judges Would Be Able to Handle Multidistrict Suits Under House Bill |
March 14 - Highlights of Senate Bankruptcy Bill |
March 14 - Medical Errors Bill OK'd |
March 14 - Overseas Human Trafficking Cases Could Move to U.S. Under Measure |
March 14 - Protecting Trademark Turf |
March 14 - Senate Judiciary Vote to Start Battle Over Nominations |
March 14 - Subpoena of Baseball Players Puts House Panel in Spotlight |
March 21 - Bankruptcy Bill Advances |
March 21 - Committee Approves Bill to Thwart Counterfeit Goods Industry |
March 21 - Craig Crawford's 1600: The First Frist Primary |
March 21 - Frist Calls for End to Judicial Stalemate |
March 21 - Measure Targets Transport |
March 21 - Schiavo Case Puts Lawmakers at Odds |
March 28 - Classic Conservative Creed Supplanted |
March 28 - Congress and The Rule of Law |
March 28 - Courts & the Law: Malpractice Blame Game |
March 28 - Courts Rule Against Schiavo's Parents |
March 28 - Private Bills Are Rare, Tricky |
March 28 - States Ready to Fill Gap in Stem Cell Research |
March 28 - Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Recess Appointment of Judge |
April 4 - After the Fury in Florida, Key Interest Groups Lay Low |
April 11 - Data Brokers Scramble to Limit Regulation |
April 11 - Frist Tries to Keep Schiavo Case Separate From Judicial Nomination Fight |
April 11 - Hill Takes Hard Look at Patriot Act |
April 11 - Patriot Act Provisions Get Another Look |
April 11 - Specter Says Progress Being Made In Negotiations on Asbestos Bill |
April 18 - Abortion Notification OK'd |
April 18 - Bankruptcy Code Overhaul: Eight Years in the Making |
April 18 - Counterfeiting Crackdown |
April 18 - Drug Trafficking Bill Would Require Minimum Mandatory Sentences |
April 18 - Going After Gang Violence |
April 18 - How Much Further For Judicial Litmus Tests? |
April 18 - Judges as Victims |
April 18 - Long-Awaited Bankruptcy Bill Clears |
April 18 - Probable Targets For Filibuster |
April 18 - Senate Judiciary Bill Would Allow Antitrust Suits Against OPEC Nations |
April 18 - Senate on Course for 'Nuclear Option' |
April 25 - Courts & the Law: Matching the Popular Will |
April 25 - Getting Tough With Gangs |
April 25 - Going Nuclear With Gray and Neas |
April 25 - Judicial Nominee Showdown Closes In |
April 25 - Senate Bill Would Give Tax Court New Jurisdiction, Hiring Freedom |
April 25 - Specter Bends a Bit on Asbestos Bill |
April 25 - Supplemental's Dueling Agendas |
April 25 - Trademark Protection Legislation Passed in House, 411-8 |
April 25 - Two Nominees Head for Floor |
May 2 - 'Slippery Slope' Theorists Say End of Judicial Filibusters Could Be Start of Big Changes |
May 2 - Another Delay for Asbestos Legislation |
May 2 - GOP Holds Line on Parental Consent Bill |
May 2 - Senate Inches Ever Closer to Filibuster Showdown |
May 2 - Senate Measure Would Tighten Penalties for Use of Animals in Fighting |
May 9 - A New Look at Malpractice? |
May 9 - Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations: New Turf, New Controversies |
May 9 - Health Court Creation Gains Diverse Support |
May 9 - Report Language Revised |
May 9 - Sensenbrenner's Win on Immigration |
May 16 - Asbestos Bill Advances Slowly |
May 16 - Frist Has No Room To Move |
May 16 - Gang Networks Targeted In Sweeping GOP Bill |
May 16 - House Steers Anti-Gang Bill; Senate Iffy |
May 16 - Lott Is the Deal Seeker on Filibusters |
May 16 - Pryor's Appeals Court Nomination Approved by Senate Judiciary |
May 23 - A Parliamentary Puzzle |
May 23 - Asbestos Bill Inching Along |
May 23 - Courts & the Law: The Paper Chase |
May 23 - Craig Crawford's 1600: A Fortified White House |
May 23 - Five Questions for Robert P. Koch, President and CEO, Wine Institute |
May 23 - Judicial Wars: By the Numbers |
May 23 - Judiciary Weighs Gun Bill |
May 23 - Senate Committee to Begin Work On Expanding, Extending Patriot Act |
May 23 - Senate Rules Mark the Path To a 'Nuclear' Showdown |
May 23 - Small Businesses Would Recoup Fees In OSHA Fights Under Legislation |
May 23 - The Senate's Point of No Return |
May 23 - Working for Disarmament on Judges |
May 30 - Asbestos Bill Takes Big Step in Senate |
May 30 - Ban on Trafficking Counterfeit Labels Passes in House, Heads for Senate |
May 30 - Bill Pushes Creation of Tracking Systems to Curb Prescription Drug Addictions |
May 30 - Centrists Strike Back In Senate |
May 30 - Compensation for Asbestos Victims |
May 30 - Craig Crawford's 1600: The Lone Arranger |
May 30 - Deconstructing the Judges Deal |
May 30 - Fast-Food Industry Protected in Bill |
May 30 - Flag Amendment Once Again Approved by House Judiciary |
May 30 - Frist Down, Not Out |
May 30 - Judiciary Panel Moves Liability Bill Shielding Makers, Dealers of Guns |
May 30 - Law and Order Trumps Ship of State |
May 30 - Patriot Act Rewrite Warms Up |
May 30 - Senate Races Against the Nuclear Clock on Judges |
May 30 - The Judges in the Balance |
June 6 - Despite Filibuster Deal, NRSC Sends 'RINOs' Dough |
June 6 - High Court Upholds 2000 Law to Protect Religious Practices by Prison Inmates |
June 6 - Hyde Pushed to Return Papers |
June 13 - House C-J-S Approprations: Bill Dodges Controversy |
June 13 - Senate Confirms Bush Nominees |
June 20 - A First Foray Into Detainees' Rights |
June 20 - Alexander Urges Others Not to Forget Federalism |
June 20 - Courts & the Law: Against Type |
June 20 - House Democrats Lose in Effort to Rebuke Sensenbrenner Over Hearing on Patriot Act |
June 20 - House Votes to Limit Patriot Act |
June 20 - International Detainee Policies |
June 20 - Penalties for Steroid Use in Major Leagues Included in Drug Office Reauthorization Bill |
June 20 - Senate OKs Griffith for D.C. Court |
June 20 - Solid Passage for Commerce, Justice |
June 20 - Violence Against Judges Causes Law and Disorder |
June 20 - Why the Porn Industry Has It in for the Patriot Act |
June 27 - Bracing for a Contentious Conference on C-J-S |
June 27 - Fitting the Nine in a New Docket |
June 27 - Flag Amendment Wins House OK |
June 27 - Major Players Square Off on Patent Law Rewrite |
June 27 - Securing the Borders Just Got Personal |
July 4 - Advise, or Relent? |
July 4 - Bill Aims to Crack Down On Courthouse Violence |
July 4 - From Simmering To Full Boil in the High Court Battle |
July 4 - House Judiciary Bill Would Increase Fees to Add Revenue for Patent Office |
July 4 - Journey to the Center of the Bench |
July 4 - Long March of the Ninth Circuit Breakers |
July 4 - Nomination Battle Lines Harden |
July 11 - Attacks Loom Over Anti-Terrorism Law |
July 11 - Bush Eyes a Double, or Triple, Play on the High Court |
July 11 - Business Looks For a Moderate Fit on the Supreme Court |
July 11 - Details of New Immigration Law |
July 11 - Expiring Patriot Act Provisions and Proposals |
July 11 - Fred Thompson's Supreme Balancing Act |
July 11 - Nerves Are Raw On House Judiciary |
July 11 - The Supreme Court's View of Business Law, the Weight of O'Connor's Decisions |
July 18 - A Long List of Contenders for O'Connor's Seat |
July 18 - Anti-Terrorism Bill Advances in House |
July 18 - Bills Would Combat Medical Errors |
July 18 - Classifying of Claimants Heats Asbestos Debate |
July 18 - Congress Weighs Journalism Shield Law in Post-Judy Miller Era |
July 18 - Courts & the Law: Full Disclosure |
July 18 - Hearings, Not Ads, Spell Fate of Court Nominees |
July 18 - House Judiciary's Take on Patriot Act Reauthorization |
July 18 - More Advice, or More Consent? |
July 18 - Precedents in Supreme Court Confirmation History |
July 25 - Abortion Politics: Sound and Fury, But Signifying What? |
July 25 - Chambers Tweak Patriot Act Provisions |
July 25 - Craig Crawford's 1600: A Risky Bet on Silence |
July 25 - Democrats' Scrutiny for Roberts |
July 25 - Highlights of the House, Senate Patriot Act Reauthorization Bills |
July 25 - Jack Roberts, Present Child Star? |
July 25 - John Roberts Could Bring Business Back to the High Court |
July 25 - Nominee Bio: John Glover Roberts Jr. |
July 25 - Politically, a Supreme Nominee |
July 25 - Senate Passes Measure Easing Limits on Drug Addiction Treatment Centers |
August 1 - Advocacy Groups Wary of Roberts' Views |
August 1 - Both Chambers Consider Legislation To Increase Monitoring of Sex Offenders |
August 1 - Dianne Feinstein's Roberts Dilemma |
August 1 - Frist Orchestrates Passage of Gun Bill |
August 1 - Gun Manufacturers Bill Backs Civil Liability Suit Protection |
August 1 - House OKs Medical Liability Bill |
August 1 - Medical Errors Bill Becomes Law |
August 1 - Methamphetamine Bill Curbs Production Via Retail |
August 1 - Modest Proposals to Fix High Court Confirmations |
August 1 - Private Eyes Try Getting Tough on Congress |
August 1 - Senate Passes Patriot Act Renewal |
August 8 - Banking on Terror? |
August 8 - Bolton's Bork Connection |
August 8 - Kennedy at Court's Lonely Center |
August 8 - Recess Appointments by Bush |
August 8 - Roberts Questionnaire Shows White House Was Vetting Candidates Months Ago |
August 15 - Courts & the Law: Roberts' Real Views Are . . . |
August 15 - Small Inventors Decry Proposed Patent Innovations |
September 5 - 'Vicarious Liability,' RIP: Congress Sides With Car Rental Industry on Customer Responsibility |
September 5 - Fall Agenda: Anti-Terrorism Law Reauthorization |
September 5 - Fall Agenda: Asbestos Claims Compensation |
September 5 - Fall Agenda: Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations |
September 5 - Fall Agenda: Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage |
September 5 - Fall Agenda: Guest Worker Visa Program |
September 5 - Fall Agenda: Gun Manufacturer Liability Limits |
September 5 - Fall Agenda: Identity Theft Protection |
September 5 - Fall Agenda: Roberts Supreme Court Nomination |
September 5 - Hearings Unlikely to Pin Roberts Down |
September 5 - Men on the Verge of Domestic Abuse Protection |
September 5 - Questioning the Risks of Immigration 'Lotto' |
September 5 - Roberts' Rules of Confirmation-Hearing Order |
September 5 - Rounding Up the Questions for Roberts |
September 5 - Schedule of the Confirmation Process |
September 5 - Without God on Her Side: Secularists Send Lobbyist to D.C. |
September 12 - Commerce-Justice-Science Bill Includes Disaster Relief |
September 12 - Duties of the Chief Justice |
September 12 - New Court Pick May Have A Katrina Connection |
September 12 - New Role, More Questions for Roberts |
September 12 - NRA Draws New Gun Group in Its Sights |
September 12 - Rehnquist's Mark On the High Court |
September 12 - Senate Panel Votes to Reauthorize Law Targeting Violence Against Women |
September 12 - Spying vs. Free Speech |
September 12 - Visa Program in House Crosshairs |
September 19 - C-J-S Legislation Heads to Conference |
September 19 - Doctors Vs. the Patriot Act |
September 19 - John G. Roberts Jr. Speaks |
September 19 - Judiciary Members With Possible Presidential Aspirations Playing to the Parties |
September 19 - Patriot Act Foes Draw Doctors to Their Cause |
September 19 - Poised Roberts Fends Off Democrats |
September 19 - Sex Offender Bill Boosts Penalties, Includes Hate Crimes Language |
September 19 - The Liberal Eminent Domain Dilemma |
September 19 - Umpiring the John Roberts Way |
September 26 - A 'Litigation Pickle' for the Court |
September 26 - Breaking Ranks in Judiciary |
September 26 - Courts & the Law: Evolution, Black Robe Style |
September 26 - Five Questions for Ken Suggs, President, Association of Trial Lawyers of America |
September 26 - Key Democrats Say They'll Back Roberts |
September 26 - Military Enforcement of Civil Law |
September 26 - Taking Pols Out of the Polls |
September 26 - Video Game Makers Blast Back at Lawmakers |
October 3 - A Mighty Wind: Lawyers Sue for Broader Katrina Coverage |
October 3 - Beyond the Roberts Confirmation |
October 3 - DeLay Charges Stem From Three-Year Probe |
October 3 - House Backs Justice Authorization |
October 3 - Initial Stopgap Measure Enacted |
October 3 - Initial Stopgap Measure Enacted |
October 3 - NRA on New Orleans Confiscation: From My Cold, Wet Fingers |
October 3 - Pointing Laser Beam at Cockpits Would Be a Crime Under House Bill |
October 3 - Sensenbrenner Hailed for the Rights Stuff |
October 3 - The Jack Factor: Abramoff Could Be DeLay's Next Challenge |
October 3 - The Latest Judicial Nominee 'Short List' |
October 3 - The Seventeen Chief Justices |
October 10 - Defending Miers on All Sides |
October 10 - Defining Moment Awaits Court Pick |
October 10 - DeGuerin: Lawyer for 'The Hammer' |
October 10 - DeLay's Legal Problems Mount |
October 10 - House Bill Would Deny Federal Funds to Governments Using Eminent Domain |
October 10 - Miers-Casey Conundrum: Santorum Weighs Vote Against Re-Election Hopes |
October 17 - Daniel R. Coats' Call to Arms |
October 17 - Panel Staff Aims to Demystify Miers |
October 17 - Why Miers May Not Be Getting the Business Vote |
October 24 - Bill on Gun Liability Completed |
October 24 - Courts & the Law: Unpromising Precedent |
October 24 - Excerpts: Documenting Miers' Positions |
October 24 - House Passes 'Cheeseburger Bill' |
October 24 - Miers Hearing Scheduled Despite Rift |
October 24 - Rhode Island's Lead Paint Crusade |
October 24 - Senate Panel Approves Sex Offender Bill Similar to One That Passed in House |
October 31 - A Choice Between Consensus, Controversy for the Supreme Court |
October 31 - A Troubled Nomination Implodes |
October 31 - Bill's Eminent Domain Restrictions Take On High Court's 'Kelo' Ruling |
October 31 - House Panel Backs New Penalties for Violence Against Judges |
October 31 - House Panel Votes to Split 9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
October 31 - House Targets 'Frivolous' Lawsuits |
October 31 - Loyalty Ethos of White House Put to Test |
October 31 - New Court Order: The Originalist Position |
October 31 - Which Name Fits the Bill for Bush on the Court? |
November 7 - A White House Word War |
November 7 - Alito's Track Record |
November 7 - Bush Quells Dissent With New Court Pick |
November 7 - Dobson's Blurring Focus on the Court |
November 7 - Dueling Priests: Musical Judges for DeLay |
November 7 - GOP May Not Be Able to Afford a Victory Over Roe |
November 7 - House Aims to Undercut Kelo |
November 7 - Methamphetamine Production Targeted In House Judiciary Legislation |
November 7 - The Evolution of the 'Undue Burden' Test |
November 7 - The Legacy of 'Undue Burden' |
November 14 - Alito Holds His Own on Capitol Hill |
November 14 - Guarded Optimism for New Draft of Anti-Terrorism Law Extension |
November 14 - House Bill Would Increase Patent Fees to Help Agency Overcome Backlog |
November 14 - House Passes Bill to Heighten Security for Judges, Courthouses |
November 14 - Leaderless Christian Coalition Losing Ground |
November 14 - Litigating Past the Gun Suit Ban |
November 14 - Panel Targets Meth Production |
November 14 - Provisions Tossed, Added in C-J-S Bill |
November 14 - Senate Panel Votes to Amend Constitution, Ban Gay Marriage |
November 21 - $61.8 Billion for Commerce, Justice, NASA Sent by Senate to President Bush |
November 21 - Consumer Protections Against 'Spyware' Advanced by Senate Committee |
November 21 - Courts & the Law: Alito's Supreme Test |
November 21 - Different Circumstances, Different Rights for Detainees |
November 21 - Frist Puts Asbestos Bill at Top of To-Do List; Passable Compromise Still in Doubt |
November 21 - House Panel Backs Bill to Protect Identity of Homeless Victims of Domestic Violence |
November 21 - Protecting the Bollywood Brand |
November 21 - Second Senate Bill Increasing Penalties for Identity Theft Approved in Committee |
November 21 - Senators Take a Stand for Civil Liberties |
November 21 - Taking Stock of a 20-Year-Old Alito Memo |
November 28 - If DeLay Case Goes to Trial, It Won't Be Before January, Texas Judge Says |
November 28 - Precedent Can Perish When Congress Intervenes |
November 28 - Precedent Heeded, But Not Revered on High Court |
November 28 - Scanlon Plea Reflects Badly on the Hill |
November 28 - States and Localities: Eminent Overkill |
December 5 - Abortion Remains Hot Topic for Alito |
December 5 - Alito's Views in His Own Words |
December 5 - Post-Enron Rules Put Attorney Privilege at Risk |
December 5 - The Oracle Has Spoken |
December 5 - Under Their Thumbs: Tech Firms Cry Foul Over 'Patent Trolls' |
December 5 - Vaccine Makers Seek Inoculation From Suits |
December 5 - Waiver and Consequences: Attorney-Client Privilege Process |
December 12 - Another Setback for Anti-Terrorism Law |
December 12 - Black Caucus Members Oppose Nomination of Alito to Supreme Court |
December 12 - House Bill Aims to Protect Judges |
December 12 - House Passes Bill Making It a Crime To Aim Laser Beams at Pilots in Flight |
December 12 - Judge Takes a Shot at Gun Suit Ban |
December 26 - High Court Reviewing Texas' House Map |
December 26 - House Clears Bill to Reauthorize Justice Department Programs |
December 26 - Only Brief Extension of Anti-Terrorism Law |
December 26 - Proposed Changes to the Anti-Terrorism Law |
December 26 - Specter's Spy Program Woes |
December 26 - What's at Issue in Texas Remap Challenge |