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July 31, 2009 -
July 31, 2009 From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: Dodd, Conrad Knew They Were Getting Sweetheart Mortgage Deals from Countrywide The Senate Ethics Committee investigation looking into allegedly preferential treatment afforded powerful Senators Dodd (D-CT) and Conrad (D-ND) by mortgage giant Countrywide Financial has sprung a few leaks. And the emerging details…
July 24, 2009 -
July 24, 2009 From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: JW Files Lawsuit against CIA for Documents on Terrorist Interrogation Briefings of Speaker Pelosi and Congress As you may recall, last week I told you that Judicial Watch had filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)…
July 17, 2009 -
July 17, 2009 From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: Sotomayor Evasive, Disingenuous During Confirmation Hearings The eagerly anticipated confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor got underway this week. And how did she do? Let’s start with Sotomayor’s rambling and constantly shifting explanation for one of her most controversial statements…
July 10, 2009 -
July 10, 2009 From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: Judicial Watch Raises Ethics Concerns about Judge Sotomayor Judicial Watch sent an important letter this week to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) regarding the Sotomayor nomination. Here’s the crux of my message: Judge Sotomayor, through…
July 02, 2009 -
July 2, 2009 From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: Supreme Court Overturns Sotomayor in Firefighter Lawsuit Should the test results of firefighters seeking promotion be discarded simply because African American participants did not score as well as their white counterparts? Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor said "yes" earlier this year while…
June 26, 2009 -
June 26, 2009 From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: More Trouble for Judge Sotomayor Barack Obama wants the U.S. Senate to pull out a rubber stamp for his Supreme Court pick, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Senate Democrats, meanwhile, are trying to force this nomination through as quickly as possible. And now we know…
June 19, 2009 -
June 19, 2009 From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: FEC Lets Pelosi Off the Hook The Federal Election Commission (FEC) recently gave House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) a free pass when it dismissed a Judicial Watch complaint related to an "electioneering advertisement" featuring the speaker during the 2008 election season. The advertisement…
June 11, 2009 -
June 12, 2009 From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: More on Sotomayor’s Radical Ties to the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund The White House and liberals in the Senate are attempting this week to force rushed consideration of President Obama’s selection to replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter,…
June 05, 2009 -
June 5, 2009 From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: Judge Sotomayor’s Radical Connections Judicial Watch’s investigation of Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor continues. This week, our investigations team unearthed some interesting and disturbing information related to Sotomayor’s connection to the radical organization, Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund (PRLDF). Sotomayor served on…
May 29, 2009 -
May 29, 2009 From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton: In Supreme Court Battle, It Is Empathy Versus the Rule of Law You have to give Barack Obama points for clarity when it comes to his judicial philosophy. The president has been unambiguous with respect to the types of judges he will appoint…
