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28 May 2010, 8:36 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] held a press conference [transcript] Thursday to announce new regulations to mitigate future oil spill disasters and the current plan of action for resolving the crisis created by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder] in the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 12:46 pm
[JURIST] More than 500 international, US, state and local human rights and immigration advocacy organizations sent a letter [text, PDF] to US President Barack Obama Wednesday expressing concern over the use of local law enforcement agencies in the enforcement of federal immigration law. [read post]
24 Sep 2016, 8:31 am by Steven Wildberger
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Friday vetoed [press release] a bill that would have allowed 9/11 victims and their families to sue Saudi Arabia, citing concerns that it would open US diplomats and servicemen to suit abroad. [read post]
8 Apr 2012, 10:19 am by Matthew Pomy
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Wednesday signed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act) [S 2038, PDF], which prohibits members and employees of Congress, the president and thousands of other federal officials from using non-public knowledge in making investment decisions. [read post]
28 May 2012, 11:25 am by Julia Zebley
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] announced [press release] Thursday that he will nominate Dr. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 11:38 am by Zach Zagger
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama overrode the legal interpretations of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel [official websites] in maintaining the administration's position that US forces operating in Libya did not violate the 1973 War Powers Resolution [50 USC § 1541 et seq.], the New York Times reported [NYT report] Monday. [read post]
7 Dec 2016, 7:08 am by Alexis Wheeler
US President Barack Obama gave his final national security address [text] in Tampa on Tuesday, urging the next administration to stay true to the American stance against torture. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 1:56 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed [press release] the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2010 [HR 2892 materials] into law, which allows for Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees to be transferred to the US for prosecution. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 11:28 pm
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama supports the spy bill compromise passed by the House Friday, despite having opposed retroactive amnesty to telecoms that helped with the President's secret, warrantless wiretapping. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 4:08 pm
Right now, it's essential for every single supporter of Barack Obama to step up and help fight this two-front battle. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 8:57 am
Yeah, [quoting Barack Obama] "if you don't take care of your family, if you don't put that first, you're probably not the kind of person that's going to be caring for other people. [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 12:22 pm
Barack Obama called the opposition leader to urge him to agree to the talks. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 2:42 pm
Bush are no less wrong because Barack Obama is in the White House. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 1:28 pm by Ken Chan
This morning, President Barack Obama participated in a LinkedIn Town Hall Meeting at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 1:28 pm by Ken Chan
This morning, President Barack Obama participated in a LinkedIn Town Hall Meeting at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 7:14 am
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama told a Hispanic audience that he would continue to "push hard" for an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws even as his administration steps up border security and deportations. [read post]
24 Jan 2009, 12:05 am
HEH: “Did you hear the one about how after Barack Obama became president this week he found out the economy was worse than he thoughtâ€â [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 6:43 am
While premature to presume, there is cause to believe, or at least to hope, based on the model of his presidential campaign that the leadership style and governance of President-Elect Barack Obama will be a boon to conflict management practice and a valuable endorsement of mediation. [read post]