Results for “United States v. Presser”

…wing year. This was the best possible news because it allowed me to accept a clerkship with Judge David Bazelon on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

who was the general secretary of the Socialist Party in Philadelphia. In 1917 a jury found Schenck guilty of attempting to cause insubordination among soldiers who had been drafted to fight in the First World War. He had circulated leaflets urging draftees not to “submit to inti...

the CIA was given a major role in overseeing the American evacuation. One of the highest ranking CIA agents in charge of the operation was Frank Snepp. Snepp wrote an uncensored account of his experiences—taking care

…cause Julian Assange has asked me to consult with him and his British legal team regarding a possible indictment by the United States against him and others.

but he also faced the possibility of being extradited to the United States to face charges that carried far more serious consequences than those in Sweden. It was the possible American prosecution that he wished to discuss with me.

since that was the one that carried the death sentence. Because Sharanksy was accused of spying for the United States

a Jewish impresario who brought musicians to the United States from the Soviet Union—went awry and a young Jewish woman named Iris Kones died from inhaling smoke from a bomb that was intended to disrupt but not to kill. Because the bomb was inherently dangerous and caused death

but the vast majority of the world’s population has no such legal protection. Human rights are not limited by geographic or political borders. They apply

… same sentence that we are a people who accord “to one another the equal right of religious freedom” (emphasis added). United States v. MacIntosh

and the United States would be wise to spend a little less time thinking about Libya and a little more time thinking about a state that truly has implications on U.S. national interests. If things go south in Syria

journalists and activists whistle-blowers revealed the truth that there was a takeover by the CIA of the United States. Indeed

…mediate tactical problems and longer-term strategic threats. Today, most analysts agree that the greatest danger to the United States is not from Iran, which does not yet have nuclear weapons, or even al-Qaeda, which has been seriously damaged, but rather from Pakistan’s nuclear...

…ictim's right constitutes "clear error" subject to correction presumably will need to be resolved in future cases. Cf. United States v. Bedonie, 413 F.3d 1126 (10th Cir. 2005) (remedying error in restitution award not permitted after imposition of sentence). 301-18 U.S.C.A. 377...

…that “Epstein shall use his best efforts to enter his guilty plea and be sentenced not later than October 26, 2007. The United States has no objection to Epstein self- reporting to begin serving his sentence not later than January 4, 2008.” Agreement, pages 4-5, paragraph | 1 (em...

…o Thailand in September 2002. One of Roberts’ assignments from Epstein was to bring a young girl back to Epstein in the United States. Fearing for her life, and not wanting to subject another young girl to the abuse she was forced to endure, Roberts fled from Thailand to Australi...