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Nager looked to Abramoff for post
EVEN WITHOUT the help of Jack Abramoff, by most accounts Glen Nager was a strong candidate for a judgeship on what is widely seen as the nation's second-most-important court. Having argued his first Supreme Court case as a 28-year-old assistant to Reagan-era Solicitor General Charles Fried, Nager has long been regarded as something of a legal prodigy.DOJ's Document Dump Highlights Administration Conflicts
The Justice Department's release of 3,000 documents related to its botched dismissals of eight U.S. Attorneys hasn't squelched the scandal over the prosecutors' firings. If anything, the more e-mails that come to light, the worse things seem to look for everyone involved, including Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Legal Times takes a closer look at the documents, which highlight anew the conflict between the statements that top officials made under oath and the policies their aides were pursuing.Alteration of Internal Document Led to Finding Against Andersen
Arthur Andersen's obstruction of justice trial wasn't about shredding or David Duncan after all. Jurors who returned a verdict Saturday in Houston say they found the accounting firm guilty of obstruction because an in-house lawyer wanted to alter an internal memo about Enron's third quarter earnings report. That gave the jury a reason to find Andersen acted with the intent to keep information from the SEC.Civilian Trial for 9/11 Suspects Raises Issues of Law, Logistics
Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement Friday that five Guantanamo Bay terror suspects will face trial just blocks from Ground Zero, where almost 3,000 people were killed, has added more fuel to the already heated debate over whether civilian courts can handle terror prosecutions. The transfer of the detainees to New York for trial presents daunting logistical and security problems for the Southern District, as well as a thicket of novel legal issues for the judge who handles the case.Wiggins' Wide-Reaching Effects
For years, claims of ineffective assistance of counsel were routinely attached to death penalty appeals -- and just as routinely rejected.Probe Puts Chief Judge on the Spot
Norma Holloway Johnson -- who presided over the grand jury investigation that spurred the impeachment of a president -- is at the center of a controversy that threatens to engulf the federal trial court in Washington, D.C. A panel is investigating whether Johnson, as chief judge of the court, improperly shuttled the criminal prosecutions of well-connected Democrats to judges appointed by President Bill Clinton.Trending Stories
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