Purveyor of Iniquities

The SEC’s investigation, which came to light in mid-2002, helped cripple the Time Warner-AOL merger, at the time the biggest deal in U.S. corporate history.

The larger game here, among many lawyers and most of the press, is to give the impression that military commissions are unworkable.

Why was I putting up with the character assassination that has become the norm in Senate confirmation battles whenever a conservative is nominated for public office?

The High Court, now with a narrow centrist majority, deferred to elected bodies and the Constitution.

Mr. Nelson calls the practice “earmark skimming,” and lately he has become increasingly vocal over what he describes as unaccountable federal bureaucrats diverting millions of dollars into agency “slush funds.”

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday allowed Virginia to set an execution date for a death row inmate who is challenging the state’s method of lethal injection as painful and inhumane.

Yet the flawed court decision could trigger serious political backlash because the outcome was produced not by the state’s voters but by a 4 to 3 majority of judges.

The very claim of possession is what helps ensure the commission of this heinous crime.

Only one in five detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq are members of the main extremist groups fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces

Require justices to sell individual stocks that could trigger conflicts.

The 4-3 ruling, which held that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, has prompted conservative and liberal congregations alike to discuss whether gay and lesbian members will be allowed to wed in their churches, synagogues and temples.

A man who said he thought he was just helping a woman in need is accused of running an illegal taxi service.

Ministers are to consider plans for a database of electronic information holding details of every phone call and e-mail sent in the UK, it has emerged.