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Jon Kyl

  • News

    February 29, 2012

    Online Poker Kings Get Cashed Out

    Killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry, the feds attack Internet gambling

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Grinding Justice

    Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work

  • News

    August 11, 2010

    Inside the Brutal World of America's Kidnapping Capital

    Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2010

    Kyl, Specter Talk Supreme Court Filibuster on Fox News

    Justice John Paul Stevens​Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) stopped just short of threatening a filibuster of any liberal the president nominates to replace liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, but newly-Democratic Senator Arlen Specter thinks the ugly mood of the Senate "might w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    Jon Kyl Continues GOP War on Unemployment Benefits

    ​The other day Republican Senator Jim Bunning waged a one-man war on, among other things, extension of unemployment benefits. Among the highlights: "Tough shit" and "[gives finger]." (And this was without being required to perform a real, talk-all-day filibuster, so you can't put it down to fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Sotomayor Approved by Judiciary Committee

    Sonia Sotomayor's appointment to the Supreme Court has just been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee en banc. All the Democrats (Herb Kohl, Dianne Feinstein, Russell Feingold, Chuck Schumer, Benjamin Cardin, Dick Durbin, Al Franken, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Kaufman, Arlen Specter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Clinton In, Geithner Delayed, Holder Grilled

    Hillary Clinton was this morning approved for Secretary of State by a 16-1 Senate committee vote. Her husband's multifarious international dealings only dissuaded Republican David Vitter, who would presumably prefer Bill did his deals with prostitutes. But there's still hope, albeit faint, of scuttl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Immigrants To Lose DNA, Right to Adequate Counsel

    Beginning today, the U.S. government will collect DNA samples from people arrested and detained for suspected immigration violations, the Los Angeles Times reports. Expectedly, the usual suspects are battling it out: An ACLU tech expert is concerned that "people who are merely accused of a crime or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    A Magna Carta Sales Event!

    Beginning today, the U.S. government will collect DNA samples from people arrested and detained for suspected immigration violations, the Los Angeles Times reports. Expectedly, the usual suspects are battling it out: An ACLU tech expert is concerned that "people who are merely accused of a crime or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    Senator's Career Stalled

    Beginning today, the U.S. government will collect DNA samples from people arrested and detained for suspected immigration violations, the Los Angeles Times reports. Expectedly, the usual suspects are battling it out: An ACLU tech expert is concerned that "people who are merely accused of a crime or ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2005

    McCain's Retreat

    Praise for the president's yielding to John McCain ignored the awful details in fine print

  • News

    November 22, 2005

    Bushwhacking the Constitution

    U.S. Senate proves as disdainful of the Constitution as George W. Bush. Be forewarned.

  • News

    July 20, 2004

    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    Senator Hillary becomes a 9-11 hero, centrist chameleon, and Iraq hawk

  • News

    May 20, 2003

    Unexpected Steps Against the Patriot Act

    Left, Right, Left, Right

  • News

    April 15, 2003

    Ashcroft's New Ally

    Senator Schumer Pushes to Make Covert Surveillance Easier

  • News

    January 21, 2003

    Nation

    Senator Schumer Pushes to Make Covert Surveillance Easier

  • News

    October 23, 2001

    Chicken Run

    Scared Congress Seeks Shelter in Nuclear Henhouse

  • News

    September 25, 2001

    Technology and Its Discontents

    Cyber-libertarians, Technologists, and Congress Wrangle Over Electronic Privacy Issues During Wartime

  • News

    January 16, 2001

    A Possible Filibuster on Ashcroft Nomination

    Kennedy Spars With Republican Senators

  • News

    November 30, 1999

    Pulp Legislation

    Congress Brings the Crush Video Industry to Heel

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