Senate rejects Brownback&#39;s concerns about judge
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The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed  as a federal judge a woman who attended a same-sex commitment  ceremony, overwhelmingly rejecting the concerns of a Republican  senator running for the White House.
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Senate Republicans rejected complaints that a new law that denies terrorism detainees the right to appeal their detention to federal courts ran against the nationâs principles.
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The Senate voted on Wednesday against considering a measure to give Guantanamo detainees and other foreigners the right to challenge their detention in the U.S. courts.
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President Bush on Thursday chastised the Senate for not holding up-or-down votes on more than 180 of his nominations, including 28 to the federal bench. Democrats claim their efforts to compromise with the White House on nominees have been rebuffed.
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Michael Mukasey, the man President Bush will nominate Monday morning to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, is not expected to prompt the confirmation battle that Senate Democrats threatened to wage if a more partisan nominee was chosen
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A Republican state senator may not take any official action or get paid because she was not a qualified resident of Kentucky before the election, a judge ruled Friday.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Senate Republicans are considering changing the rules to prevent Democrats from filibustering judicial nominees, Majority Leader Bill Frist said Nov. 14.
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The retired federal judge nominated as attorney general enjoyed a warm reception on Capitol Hill yesterday, but Democrats continued sending mixed signals about whether their dispute with the White House over congressional access to sensitive administration documents will be an impediment to his...
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Democrats and civil rights organizations had complained that the judge is not committed to racial equality.
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The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former White House budget director David A. Stockman yesterday rejected a bid to remove the lead prosecutor.
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The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider whether former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker was wrongly barred from raising new arguments in challenging his 1998 conviction for tax conspiracy.
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A judge on Tuesday denied the Federal Election Commission's request that she temporarily set aside a ruling striking down several government rules on political fund raising.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged Democrats yesterday to stop blocking President Bush&#39;s federal court nominees and hinted that he might try to change Senate rules to thwart their tactics.
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The US Senate Wednesday narrowly rejected an attempt to allow &#39;war on terror&#39; prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to challenge their detention in federal courts.
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A judge on Monday dismissed a woman's attempt to get a restraining order against U.S. Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, with whom she claimed to have had an extramarital affair.
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The judge presiding over Conrad Black&#39;s  criminal fraud trial refused a request from his lawyers on  Wednesday to bring back to the stand and try to further  discredit the star witness against the former media baron.
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Judge Rodney Melville denied a request by Michael Jackson&#39;s attorneys to have the alleged victim and his family undergo psychological testing at a pre-trial hearing the singer&#39;s ongoing child molestation case.