John Conyers
John Conyers
John James Conyers, Jr.is the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district. He has been a member of Congress since 1965 and is currently its longest-serving current member, making him the Dean of the House of Representatives. The district includes the western half of Detroit, as well as River Rouge, Ecorse, Redford Township, Dearborn Heights, Highland Park, Westland, Garden City, Inkster, Wayne, and Romulus. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 May 1929
CountryUnited States of America
In my judgment, eliminating prosecutorial options at the same time that the defendant has failed to yield any of its own options threaten to weaken and slow down the case, rather than provide a route to 'prompt, effective, and certain relief' as your press release claims,
Because the Administration is unable to send a clear message about America's intentions in Iraq, Congress must take this responsibility.
how an individual granted a show on your network could utter such a statement in 21st century America.
By sitting down, she was standing up for all Americans.
I cannot understand why, in one of the most important and significant antitrust actions brought in several generations, the department would, on its own, in the complete absence of negotiation, take several critical litigation options off the table.
creates a process grounded in the Constitution that is focused, fair, expeditious and deliberate.
Even worse than an extra-marital affair is the use of federal prosecutors and federal agents to expose an extra-martial relationship. Yes, there is a threat to society here but it is from the tactics from a 'win-at-all-costs' prosecutor determined to sink a president of the opposition party.
The bill does nothing to target the one percent of gun dealers who are responsible for selling nearly half of the guns traced to crime, ... It does nothing to plug the NRA-sponsored loopholes that, among other things, allows criminals to get out of jail and get their guns back.
The administration's continued defiance of constitutional safeguards seems to have no end in sight, ... This decision decimates the Fourth Amendment.
Sunsets were a step in the right direction, but they don't address the underlying problem. They are not a solution for bad law. We should be fixing the problems of the Patriot Act. Sunsets will be of no relief to those who have their constitutional rights violated in the next four years.
They want to get easier convictions, ... When you have a military tribunal, there are very few people who don't get convicted in them just as a matter of course.
It was so unbelievable that this woman -- this one woman -- had the courage to take a seat and refuse to get up and give it up to a white gentleman,
The Magna Carta is widely known to be one of the foundational documents for our Constitution. I can only imagine that a mention of that in a court decision would be forbidden by our friends on the right.
These increases go far beyond anything justified or relating to the market disruptions caused by Hurricane Katrina.