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Witnesses testified about law enforcement measures instituted in response to September 11 terrorist attacks and the ensuing efforts to combat international terrorism. Among the issues they a…

Participants talked about the function of the White House counsel and whether the Attorney General could perform those duties. They also talked about the role of the counsel in the nominatio…

Barbara Lynn, chair of the litigation section of the American Bar Association, moderated a panel of former attorneys general during the ABA’s annual meeting in Atlanta, GA. Panelists talked …

Panelists testified that the independent counsel statute should be allowed to expire. Mr. Baker said that the independent counsel was, in essence, a fourth branch of government. Committee me…

Over 3,000 members of prisoner of war associations and others gathered to celebrate the opening of the National Prisoner of War Museum in Andersonville, GA, the site of a prison camp for Uni…

Former Attorney General in the Carter Administration Griffin Bell and Former Senator Howard Baker (R-Tennessee) discussed a report released about the Independent Counsel laws, executive priv…

Subcommittee members heard testimony from a second panel of legal experts on the history and interpretation of impeachment.

Judges, lawyers, and law professors spoke about the future of the legal profession, and the challenges facing it as the 20th century draws to a close.

The American College of Trial Lawyers hosted a panel discussion on the role of independent counsel. Former independent counsels and former Justice Department officials spoke about investigat…

Several former attorneys general talked about various past, present and future legal and political issues. They examined the judicial selection process, political criticism of judges, U.S. d…

Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Balanced Budget Amendment. The committee members heard testimony on the balanced budget amendment. A number of congressional, federal, and ou…

Witnesses testified concerning the benefits of instituting a constitutional amendment to balance the budget.

Attorneys argued the case for and against Washington State’s recently passed initiative limiting terms of office in Congress at the U.S. District Court in Seattle. U.S. Senators would be lim…

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard from panelists supported Judge Souter’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. Panelists stated that the burden of proof against the confirmation of Judge So…

Witnesses supporting “pro-choice” for abortion gave testimony opposing Judge Souter’s confirmation, fearing that he would not fully endorse a constitutional right to privacy relating to repr…

The former attorney general testified in support of the nomination. Mr. Bell maintained that Judge Bork’s judicial philosophy and his views of constitutionally specified individual liberties…

Judge Griffin Bell discussed the opposition to William Rehnquist to be on the Supreme Court. He answered questions from viewers.

Opening statements were made on the first day of the William Rehnquist confirmation hearings.

Griffin Bell talked about how Attorney General Edwin Meese was performing and the state of the US legal system.

Griffin Bell briefed news reporters on the EF Hutton fraud investigation and answered their questions.