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Savage Defends Lefty Guantanamo Lawyers as Patriotic 'Civil Libertarians'

Legal reporter Charlie Savage: "The legislation is the latest attack on lawyers representing detainees. Although such lawyers have tended to espouse civil libertarian views, some conservative ...

Great Minds Think Alike, and So Do Times Legal Reporters

Charlie Savage on Justice Stevens, April 9: "In cases involving prisoners held without charge at the American naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and the mentally retarded on death row, his ...

NYT Ties Apocalyptic Domestic Terror Group to Threats to Dem Lawmakers

No connection, but we'll bring it up anyway: "A law enforcement official said the plot appeared to be unconnected to recent threats against Democratic lawmakers who voted for legislation ...

Obama Loves Attorney General Eric Holder, and So Does the Times

Obama hearts the "low-key" "genial," "self-deprecating," and of course "pragmatic" Attorney General Eric Holder, in a long profile of Holder that fails to mention his Justice Department's refusal ...

Swift Boat Vets Inspired a Term for "Smearing a Political Opponent with Lies"

Charlie Savage is not happy with a new anti-Sonia Sotomayor ad with a tie to the campaign against John Kerry by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

NYT Notes Sotomayor Called Herself "A Product of Affirmative Action"

The Times keeps poking at race issues in its coverage of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. But why so many "conservative" labels?

Surprise: Balanced Coverage of Obama's Next Supreme Court Pick

What's gotten into two of the Times' legal reporters? One admits that Obama will surely nominate a liberal to replace the liberal Justice Souter, while the other points out contradictions in ...
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