Neal Katyal

...to vault left when the issue is whether the judiciary can impose new restraints on executive power). Hamdan was represented by Neal Katyal, now the Deputy Solicitor General in the Obama Justice Department. Katyal, who is a very able lawyer,...

In this article: Supreme Court, Detainee, Military Commissions Act of 2006, Hamdan case, Justice Breyer, Justice Kennedy, and Guido Calabresi

...incentive, I would think," Justice Stephen Breyer said. The point of the immunity is not to protect a bad apple, said Neal K. Katyal, a deputy solicitor general. "It reflects a larger interest in protecting judicial information...

In this article: Neal K. Katyal, Paul D. Clement, and Associated Press Writer

...be held responsible for framing defendants with false testimony and fabricated evidence. Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal, backing local Iowa prosecutors in the case, urged the justices to rule that prosecutors' immunity for...

In this article: Defendant, Supreme Court, Iowa, Sonia Sotomayor, and Anthony Kennedy

...violation: "If this fabrication had not occurred, there never would have been any trial." Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal is in this case on the side of the prosecutors. He says Harrington and McGhee are asking this court...

In this article: Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

...hunting magazines and documentaries on subjects ranging from American Indian history to animal cruelty. Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal said the original goal of Congress in passing the law was to end crush videos. Katyal said the law...

In this article: First Amendment, Supreme Court, Stephen Breyer, Legal age, Foie gras, and Antonin Scalia

...fox hunts, pate de foie gras from geese, cock fighting, bullfighting, shooting deer out of season, even Roman gladiator battles. Neal Katyal, an attorney for the Justice Department, said the law was "narrowly targeted" and had...

In this article: Dog, Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, Pit Bull, and First Amendment

...write a statute that actually aims at the frightful things they were trying to prohibit." But the lawyer, Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal, said Congress was careful to exempt hunting, educational, journalistic and other depictions from...

In this article: Dog, Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Pit Bull, and Stephen Breyer

...continuity. I think that's good for our counterterrorism efforts and it's good for the country." Neal Katyal, who became a legal superstar when he successfully argued the case of detainee Salim Hamdan before the Supreme Court, famously...

In this article: Detainee, Bagram, Guantanamo, and Afghanistan