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1 Aug 2014, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Huffington Post reports that yesterday over 100 faith leaders and immigration activists were arrested and charged with blocking passage after they refused to disperse from the sidewalk in front of the White House where they were protesting the daily deportations of undocumented immigrants. [read post]
20 Oct 2005, 1:15 pm
[JURIST] Senators predicted Thursday that the confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers [JURIST news archive], scheduled to begin November 7th [JURIST report], will probably not finish before Thanksgiving as hoped for by the White House. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 2:32 pm
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-7 Thursday to report contempt of Congress resolutions [press release] to the full Senate for White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove [resolution texts] over their refusal to testify before the committee as part of its investigation into the US Attorneys firing scandal [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 7:01 am
[JURIST] US president-elect Barack Obama [transition website] has reportedly selected [Washington Post report] Gregory Craig [professional profile] to serve as White House counsel. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 8:02 am
Richard Zorza has reminded us that the White House is conducting an event on access to Justice today with Vice President Biden as one of the featured speakers. [read post]
13 Jan 2005, 2:54 am
[JURIST] [JURIST] A Congressional committee negotiating an intelligence reform bill last month backed away from greater restrictions on interrogation by the CIA under pressure from the White House, the New York Times reported [registration required] Thursday. [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 8:49 am
"White House voices confidence in solicitor general": The Associated Press has this report. [read post]
2 Jul 2007, 3:04 am
[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Sunday that he is prepared to initiate a Senate vote to hold officials in the White House, the Vice President's office, and the Department of Justice in contempt of Congress if they refuse to cooperate with congressional subpoenas [JURIST report] issued in the investigation of the US Attorney firings controversy [JURIST [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 10:24 am
"Senate, White House agree on reporter protections": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Senate supporters of a bill protecting a reporter's right to protect confidential sources in federal court said Friday they've reached a compromise with the Obama administration and media groups that gives the government authority to override those rights in certain national security cases. [read post]
11 Nov 2010, 5:04 am
"White House asks top court to allow gay dismissals": Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 12:26 pm by Cyrus Farivar
The White House also noted: Read 2 remaining paragraphs | Comments [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 1:07 pm by Matthew Huisman
He was also associate White House counsel during the Clinton administration. [read post]
17 May 2006, 1:28 am
[JURIST] The intelligence committees of the US Senate and House of Representatives [committee websites] will receive a full briefing [Senate press release] on the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive], committee chairmen said Tuesday. [read post]
18 Jul 2008, 4:15 am
[JURIST] The Bush administration abandoned plans to impose Clean Air Act (CAA) [text] regulations on power plants and other stationary pollution sources after opposition from the oil industry, according to a report [PDF text; press release] released Friday by the House Select Committee on Global Warming [official website]. [read post]
24 Dec 2024, 6:49 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Therefore, I am vetoing this bill.The post White House Vetoes Bipartisan Bill to Create Needed Judgeships appeared first on Reason.com. [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 6:13 pm
House Democrats today stuck to their guns and rejected telecom immunity for warrantless wiretapping in abscence of a FISA court order : Locked in a standoff with the White House, House Democrats on Tuesday maintained their refusal to shield from civil lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without a secret court's permission. [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 6:27 am
The White House added language to the Interior Department report recommending a deepwater drilling moratorium to make it seem as if the moratorium recommendation itself had been peer-reviewed, Interior Department Inspector General Mary Kendall has concluded in a new report. [read post]