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American anti-terrorism law has its legislative roots in the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which broadly empowered President Ulysses S. Grant to prosecute Klan members for abrogating federal law regarding black rights.

The Prime Minister has three months to decide whether or not to grant sanction to prosecute.

John Larkin, attorney general for Northern Ireland, has been granted leave to prosecute Hain and Biteback Publishing over claims the passage "undermines the administration of justice".

In a question to Cameron, Blunkett said: "Shouldn't respect for the independence of the judiciary be balanced by the rights of individuals to fair comment on that judiciary?" Larkin has been granted leave to prosecute Hain and the book's publisher, Biteback, over claims that a strongly worded passage in his memoir "undermines the administration of justice".

In a question to Cameron, Blunkett said: "Shouldn't respect for the independence of the judiciary be balanced by the rights of individuals to fair comment on that judiciary?" The Northern Ireland attorney general, John Larkin, has been granted leave to prosecute Hain and Biteback Publishing over claims that a strongly worded passage in his memoir "undermines the administration of justice".

Despite the successes in uncovering mass killings, some victims and their relatives say they feel cheated because the commission was not granted the right to prosecute those who committed atrocities.

Although his office was granted the power to prosecute voter fraud nearly two years ago, Kobach only recently announced that he'd obtained his first guilty plea in a case of a non-citizen voting.

On Wednesday, Obama submitted a resolution that would allow for military action against ISIS for the next three years and place some limits on the use of ground troops; despite these restrictions, the resolution would grant Obama wide latitude to prosecute the war against ISIS.

In May, the attorney general and the comptroller reached an agreement that granted Mr. Schneiderman power to prosecute corruption involving taxpayer money, significantly expanding his authority over such cases.

So the SAC executives could refuse to testify, but if prosecutors are really intent on building a case against the firm then they have a way around that if the witness is not someone they plan to prosecute: a grant of immunity.

The appeals dragged on for more than a year, until the state's highest court last fall upheld two lower-court rulings granting Mr. Spitzer the authority to prosecute.