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It was, I believe, a crucial miscalculation from the President and his advisers to believe this nomination would have brought all of us together. Or perhaps ... it is an instance where consensus was not the objective. Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont)

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• Also see The Constitution Under Siege (separate page).
• Miscellaneous News and Commentary
• Justice Department
• Civil Rights
• Ethics
• Confirmation Controversy
• Background
• External Web Sites

Miscellaneous News and Commentary

• Ashcroft, Deft at Taking Heat, Hits a Rocky Patch
  David Johnston and Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 30 June 2004
• The Day Ashcroft Censored Freedom of Information
  Ruth Rosen, sfc (in CommonDreams), 7 January 2002
• Ashcroft Bars Print Reporters from Press Conference
  Howard Altman, Philadelphia City Paper, 28 August 2003
• A Recent Judicial Reprimand of Attorney General Ashcroft Exposes a Pattern of Gag Order and Ethics Violations By His Office
  Elaine Cassel, FindLaw, 30 April 2003
• Has Attorney General John Ashcroft, In Alleged Terrorism Cases, Violated Government Ethics Rules Governing Prosecutors' Comments About The Accused?
  D. Mark Jackson, FindLaw, 30 January 2003
• Ashcroft's extremism undermines U.S. security measures
  Bruce Shapiro, Salon, 11 September 2002
• Ashcroft ignored his own legal staff's opinion on gun checks
  Fox Butterfield, New York Times, 24 July 2002
• Ashcroft's control looks like the political witch hunt of yesteryear
  Robyn E. Blumner, St. Petersburg Times, 16 July 2002
• The politics of fear
  Dennis Jett, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2002
• Ashcroft drawn into row over September 11
  Julian Borger, The Guardian, 21 May 2002
• Ashcroft's power grab brings Joe McCarthy to mind
  Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1 May 2002
• Staff cry poetic injustice as singing Ashcroft introduces patriot games
  Julian Borger, Guardian (UK), 4 March 2002
• Lawmaker Criticizes Ashcroft on Priorities
  Adam Clymer, New York Times, 1 March 2002
• Ashcroft see DoJ mission as 'doing God's work'
  Fox News, 19 February 2002
• Mr. Heat Shield Keeps Boss Happy
  Todd S. Purdum, New York Times, 6 December 2001
• Federal Judge Stops Ashcroft's Effort to Overturn Suicide Law
  Sam Howe Verhovek, New York Times, 9 November 2001
• The Attorney General copes with FBI bungling and missteps of his own
  Viveca Novak and Elaine Shannon with John F. Dickerson, Time, 21 May 2001
• Ashcroft invites God on decisions
  Associated Press (in the Topeka Capital-Journal, 11 January 2001

Justice Department

• Justice Dept's Attorney Workforce Diversity Study
  The Memory Hole, October 2003
• Armey: Justice 'out of control'
  Mimi Hall, USA Today, 16 October 2002
• Justice Dept. Accused of Politics in Redistricting
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 30 May 2002
• Before September 11, counterterrorism not a DoJ budget priority
  Adam Clymer, New York Times, 28 February 2002
• Fight Over Political Map Centers on Race
  David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 21 February 2002
• It Was Improper for DoJ to File Amicus Brief Supporting Law Banning "Partial-Birth" Abortio
  Trevor Morrison, Esq., FindLaw's Writ, 14 February 2002
• Bush, Citing Security, Bans Some Unions at Justice Dept.
  Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 16 January 2002
• Justice Department Defies Federal Court to Keep Immigrant in Custody
  David Firestone, New York Times, 28 November 2001
• Ashcroft steering a hard-right course at Justice
  Diana R. Gordon, The Nation, 23 July 2001

Civil Rights

• Raids, Detentions and Lists Lead Muslims to Cry Persecution
  Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 27 March 2002
• President of Urban League Calls for Review of Inequity in Justice System
  Robin Toner, New York Times, 30 July 2001
• Ashcroft's report on possible racial bias in death penalty is inadequate
  editorial, New York Times, 10 June 2001
• Ashcroft's harsh tune on civil rights
  Earl Ofari Hutchinson, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 December 2000

Ethics

• John Ashcroft's Dubious Pen Pal
  Elaine Shannon, Michael Weisskopf and Adam Zagorin, Time, 12 January 2001

Confirmation Controversy

• The Top 10 Reasons to Reject John Ashcroft
  Ray Hartmann, St. Louis Riverfront Times, 17 January 2001
• Ashcroft's Crime Claims
  Vincent Schiraldi, President, Justice Policy Institute
  New York Times letters to the editor, 12 January 2001
• Ashcroft Defends Talk With Activist
  Thomas B. Edsall, Washington Post, 12 January 2001
• Reservations about the Ashcroft nomination
  editorial, New York Times, 12 January 2001
• Gay Rights Groups Join Opposition to Ashcroft for Justice Dept.
  Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, 9 January 2001
• John Ashcroft's big mistake
  Eric Boehlert, Salon, 8 January 2001
• The Two Faces of John Ashcroft
  Ray Hartmann, St. Louis Riverfront Times, 1 November 2000

Background

• Son of a Preacher Man
  Vicki Haddock, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 August 2002
• Mr. Ashcroft’s America, America's Mr. Ashcroft
  P. M. Carpenter, History News Network, 2 December 2001

External Web Sites

• The Two Faces of John Ashcroft
  Religious Freedom Coalition of the Southeast
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State
  Organization founded to protect our First Amendment rights against theocratic encroachment

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