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GOP and Dems Agree: Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity Unjust and Needs Reform

Bill Piper, Jasmine Tyler, AlterNet. March 18, 2010.

The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved bi-partisan legislation reforming a failed two-decade old policy.

House Judiciary Committee: Rove Must Testify

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. July 3, 2008.

Former Bush adviser must tell Congress what he knows about U.S. Attorney purge, Don Siegelman prosecution.

Do We Want Judges Who Have Profited Off of Private Prisons and Locking Up Children?

Jill Filipovic, Feministe. March 10, 2008.

A judicial nominee is under scrutiny because of his membership in a discriminatory country club. But what about his career as a prison profiteer?

More Evidence of Gonzales Perjury Revealed in FBI Director's Notes

Brian Beutler, Media Consortium. August 17, 2007.

Documents provided by FBI Director Robert Mueller strengthen the case that Alberto Gonzales perjured himself before the Senate Judiciary committee.

GOP Debate: Gingrich Will \'Take on the Judiciary\' if Courts Don\'t Start Agreeing With Him

Steve Benen, December 31, 1969.