Tag: Law
Obama nominee Kagan has embraced expanded executive authority
Obama signs health reform bill into law
Congress to consider anti-security contractor bill
9/11 masterminds could face trial in federal court
WASHINGTON-- As the Obama administration nears its deadline for deciding where to try the men suspected of masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attacks, there are strong indications that those trials could take place in federal courts in the United States. That’s prompting fervent opposition from Republicans, who say the 9/11 terrorists should never be allowed anywhere on U.S. soil, let alone in a civilian U.S. court.