The IRS is currently in the midst of a historic enforcement action against offshore tax evasion and the Justice Department is playing a key role.
hostility towards criticism and the politicization of the judiciary by legislatures.
So that kind of is like you're saying indirectly that they probably gave these tapes too soon to the people down there.
OK. As chief public defender there in El Paso, you defended your office in one particular case...
Will you oppose efforts within the Justice Department to weaken the False Claims Act and its qui tam provision?
I am going to refer to a couple cases, and then I have one question about Sentencing Guidelines.
Why didn't you apply the three-strikes law and sentence the defendant to a prison term called for by the statute?
Judge, let me ask you a few questions.
I appreciate that the government benefits from the experience of the professionals that are on the ground and vice versa...
I would think people in the Ninth Circuit wouldn't be particularly proud of that.
Well, if confirmed--and you probably will be--what will you look to when interpreting provisions of the Constitution or ...