A growing chorus of critics is demanding the creation of a special commission to "investigate" the Bush administration's alleged abuses of power, especially prosecution of the war on terrorism. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy called for a "truth commission," and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. has introduced legislation to establish a National Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties. ...more

February 23, 2009

Eric Holder won Senate confirmation Monday as the nation's first African-American attorney general, ...more

February 2, 2009

Washington attorney Eric Holder is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to be the next attorney general and aides have gone so far as to ask senators whether he would be confirmed, an Obama official and people close to the matter said Tuesday. ...more

November 18, 2008

Attorney General Michael Mukasey named a prosecutor Monday to investigate whether former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, other Bush administration officials or Republicans in Congress should face criminal charges in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. ...more

September 30, 2008

Tampa-based Magistrate Judge Mary S. Scriven says she is humbled and honored by her Senate confirmation today to a lifetime appointment as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Florida. ...more

September 26, 2008

The chairman of the of Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday that he does not believe Bruce Ivins acted alone in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. ...more

September 18, 2008

Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to give Congress details of the government's investigation into interrogations of terrorism suspects that were videotaped and destroyed by the CIA. He said doing so could raise questions about whether the inquiry is vulnerable to political pressure. ...more

December 15, 2007

The Senate confirmed retired judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general Thursday night to replace Alberto Gonzales, who resigned from office in the midst of a scandal over his handling of the Justice Department. ...more

November 9, 2007

After two Democratic senators agreed to back his attorney general designate, President Bush on Saturday worked to seal the confirmation of Michael Mukasey. ...more

November 4, 2007

President Bush's choice for attorney general told senators Friday the Constitution does not prevent the president from wiretapping suspected terrorists without a court order. ...more

October 27, 2007