US AG Holder reverses order denying deportees ineffective counsel claim
June 4, 2009
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] on Wednesday vacated [order, PDF; press release] an order [text, PDF] by former attorney general Michael Mukasey [JURIST news archive] that had denied those facing deportation the right to challenge immigration decisions based on ineffectiv....... [more] 
Supreme Court rules traditional test governs stay of deportation requests
April 22, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday ruled [opinion, PDF] 7-2 in Nken v. Holder [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report], retitled from Nken v. Mukasey, that an alien's stay of deportation request pending consideration of his petition for review is gove....... [more]
Child Online Protection Act dead after high court declines to hear DOJ appeal
January 22, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ended a decade-long battle by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to have the Child Online Protection Act of 1998 (COPA) declared constitutional by denying certiorari in the case of Mukasey v. ACLU. By denying....... [more]
US AG rules aliens cannot challenge deportation for ineffective legal assistance
January 9, 2009
[JURIST] US Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday ruled that aliens may no longer challenge deportation hearings based on ineffective assistance of counsel. Mukasey's opinion, which is binding on immigration courts and the Board of Immigration....... [more]
Mukasey removes himself from Madoff investigation
December 18, 2008
'[JURIST] US Attorney General Michael Mukasey recused himself from the investigation of former NASDAQ stock market chairman Bernard Madoff because his son is representing a top official in Madoff''s investment firm, US Department of Justice (DOJ)....... [more]
Congressmen call on Mukasey to explain counterterrorism pardons comments
December 5, 2008
'[JURIST] Two US congressman on Thursday sent a letter to US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, calling on him to explain comments he made Wednesday about pardoning US counterterrorism officials for their controversial policies. Mukasey told reporters at....... [more]
US attorney general 'conversant and alert' after collapse at speech
November 21, 2008
'[JURIST] US Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed Thursday evening during a speech to the Federalist Society. Mukasey was rushed to George Washington University Hospital, where he remained Friday morning. Peter Carr, spokesperson for the US....... [more]
Supreme Court hears asylum, prosecutorial immunity cases
November 5, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Negusie v. Mukasey, the Court will consider whether the so-called"persecutor bar" in the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), which prohibits the Attorney General or....... [more]
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