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<P><STRONG>AFJ's new film, <EM>Tortured Law</EM>
Premieres</STRONG> <BR><BR>The legal architecture for
torture was originally outlined and sanctioned in 2002
by a series of memos drafted by lawyers in the
Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel. Were
these lawyers simply giving the President their best
legal advice? Or was their work part of a larger
criminal conspiracy to distort the law and authorize
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<P><STRONG>More Evidence Points to the Need for
Accountability</STRONG> <BR>The news broke yesterday that
the government has been hiding video tapes that show the
torture of detainee Mohammed al Qhatani. In his ongoing
<EM>habeas</EM> litigation challenging his detention and
alleging torture, al Qhatani was entitled to receive any
exculpatory information that the government has relating to
his case – but for over a year the government failed to even
admit the existence of any videotapes of his abuse. Now,
thanks to a discovery motion filed by his lawyers at the
Center for Constitutional Rights, the government admits that
the tapes exist, and the federal court has ordered their
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<P><STRONG><EM>Tortured Law</EM><BR></STRONG>"A new short
film by the group Alliance for Justice looks to examine the
role lawyers played in authorizing and legitimizing torture
under the Bush administration, calling for the attorney
general to investigate not just the CIA operatives but the
authors of torture memos in the Justice Department’s Office
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<P><STRONG>Senate Confirms Key Civil Rights
Post<BR></STRONG>"The Senate confirmed Thomas E. Perez
as the assistant attorney general for the Justice
Department’s Civil Rights Division on Tuesday. The
vote was 72-22, with all 55 Democrats who voted
supporting the nomination. Republicans, meanwhile,
split almost down the middle — 22 against, 17 for. Mr.
Perez’s nomination was voted out of the Judiciary
Committee in June, but had been held up by Republican
opposition." <A title=http://ga1.org/ct/Z7xoLB61JXdo/
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the <EM>New York Times</EM></A>.</P>
<P><STRONG>Obama nominates 2 for appeals court
seats</STRONG><BR>"Judge Denny Chin, a district court
judge for the Southern District of New York, and Rhode
Island Superior Court Justice O. Rogeriee Thompson
were tapped for positions. If confirmed by the Senate,
Chin would serve as a judge in the Second Circuit,
based in New York, and Thompson would serve in the
Boston-based First Circuit." <A
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the <EM>Boston
Globe</EM></A>. <BR><BR><STRONG>The battle over
Obama's federal judges in Texas heats
up<BR></STRONG>"A list of candidates being eyed for
federal judicial vacancies in Texas was released
Wednesday by the state's Democratic congressional
delegation, which is battling with Lone Star
Republican senators over White House appointments to
the open posts. The list includes two candidates from
San Antonio, even though the White House has yet to
nominate anyone for the positions and the senators say
they are still reviewing potential nominees forwarded
to them by the administration." <A
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the <EM>Houston Chronicle</EM></A>.</P>
<P><STRONG>White House evaluates Diaz for 4th Circuit
Court</STRONG> <BR>"Mecklenburg Superior Court Judge
Albert Diaz of Charlotte appears to be moving toward a
White House nomination to the U.S. 4th Circuit Court
of Appeals, where he could become the court's first
Hispanic judge. The nomination, one of two possible
for North Carolina, could help break a 15-year impasse
that's created the longest appellate vacancy in the
country and left the state under-represented on the
powerful court." <A
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<P><STRONG>Obama Choice for Labor Post Advances but
Then Meets a G.O.P. Roadblock<BR></STRONG>"The New
York State labor commissioner, President Obama’s
nominee to be the Labor Department’s top enforcement
official, won approval from a Senate committee
Wednesday but immediately encountered a roadblock when
the committee’s senior Republican said he would put a
'hold' on the nomination. Such action by a senator can
significantly delay a confirmation vote in the full
chamber, by requiring 60 votes there for the
nomination to be taken up." <A
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<P><STRONG>Working for Their Clients<BR></STRONG>"The
Legal Services Corporation was created to help provide
essential civil legal services to low-income
Americans. In the mid-1990s, the Republican-controlled
Congress imposed sweeping and unwarranted restrictions
that continue to hamper the work of local legal
services offices. </P>
<P>"One egregious rule bars legal services providers
from representing clients in class-action lawsuits -
even though such suits can be an efficient way to
obtain relief for problems affecting a large number of
people. Another eliminates one deterrent to consumer
fraud against the poor by preventing attorneys paid by
legal services from claiming or collecting fees from
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<P>On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Thomas E. Perez as
Assistant Attorney General for the Department of
Justice's Civil Rights Division by a vote
of 72-22.</P>
<P>Also on Tuesday of this week, President Obama
nominated Judge Denny Chin to the United States Court
of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge O.
Rogeriee Thompson to the United States Court of
Appeals for the First Circuit. Judge Chin, a
graduate of Princeton University and Fordham Law
School, currently serves on the U.S District Court for
the Southern District of New York. He was the
first Asian-American appointed as a U.S. District
Court Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit. Judge
Thompson, a graduate of Brown University and Boston
University School of Law, currently serves on the
Rhode Island Superior Court. She was the first
African-American woman on that court. </P>
<P>On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee
considered the nomination of Barbara Milano Keenan to
be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth
Circuit. Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) presided
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