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Reviewed by Stephen Rohde I miss Michael Ratner.  We all should. I met Michael when we were both students at Columbia Law School in the late 60’s. He was smart and funny.  I joined the student chapter of the National Lawyers Guild that he had helped establish.  It was described in the yearbook as dedicated to the proposition that “America’s law schools and legal system should, for the first time, begin to respond to the needs of the masses of American people, and not the wishes of the Rep-Dem Party, the Mafia, and General Motors, its subsidiaries, and apologists.”  Members of the ...

“While today’s superseding indictment is yet another chapter in the U.S. Government’s effort to persuade the public that its pursuit of Julian Assange is based on something other than his publication of newsworthy truthful information,” he added, “the indictment continues to charge him with violating the Espionage Act based on WikiLeaks publications exposing war crimes committed by the U.S. Government.” Assange was arrested last year after being evicted from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he had sought refuge to avoid being sent to Sweden over allegations of rape and sexu...

Shared with a reporter over the weekend, the documents returned by the town show emails and text messages sent between Muzi Motors, Inc. General Manager Glen Cammarano and Town Manager Kate Fitzpatrick, and two members of the Select Board: Dan Matthews and Marianne Cooley. In a phone interview Wednesday, Pollack acknowledged the need for town officials to communicate with local business owners and residents but said his concern relates to the apparent "proactive" nature of the communications contained in the documents. He also noted the town initially tried to block the records request, cl...

Susan Walsh/AP toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Deputy Attorney General nominee Lisa Monaco speaks during an event with then-President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 7. Her confirmation hearing is on Tuesday. Susan Walsh/AP The new team President Biden has picked to run the Justice Department will come into focus this week, as Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland awaits a confirmation vote and two more presumptive leaders prepare to face questioning in the Senate. Lisa Monaco, a national security expert, and Vanita Gupta, a longtime civil...

Two more of President Biden's nominees to lead the Justice Department will be questioned by the Senate this week as Merrick Garland prepares for confirmation as attorney general.