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19 Aug 2021, 2:09 pm
Among other things, CRA resolutions are not subject to filibusters or extended floor debate, and final votes cannot be blocked by the Senate leadership. [read post]
13 Aug 2021, 4:00 am
” Frustration and Persistence for Activists on the 56th Anniversary of the Voting Rights MSN – Vanessa Williams (Washington Post) | Published: 8/6/2021 The 1965 Voting Rights Act is considered the most significant achievement of the civil rights movement because it removed Jim Crow-era laws that blocked the vast majority of Black people from voting, especially in the South. [read post]
12 Aug 2021, 7:05 am
It is possible that any effort to enact a moratorium would be blocked in the Senate, but we do not know. [read post]
7 Aug 2021, 3:45 pm
., Texas Democrats are now suing to block election reforms.] [read post]
6 Aug 2021, 4:00 am
Facebook Boots NYU Disinformation Researchers Off Its Platform and Critics Cry Foul NPR – Shannon Bond | Published: 8/4/2021 Facebook blocked a team of New York University researchers studying political ads and COVID misinformation from accessing its site, a move critics say is meant to silence research that makes the company look bad. [read post]
29 Jul 2021, 7:32 am
On July 19, the United States, joined by the European Union, NATO, the other “Five Eyes” member nations (Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand), and Japan condemned the hacking of Microsoft Exchange email server software, which became public in March and is believed to be the work of hackers tied to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS). [read post]
26 Jul 2021, 7:01 am
Ben Kaiser, Jonathan Mayer, and J. [read post]
23 Jul 2021, 1:15 pm
I agree with virtually all of Jonathan's comments. [read post]
23 Jul 2021, 4:00 am
Bipartisan House Probe of Jan. 6 Insurrection Falls Apart after Pelosi Blocks Two GOP Members MSN – Marianna Sotomayor, Jacqueline Alemany, and Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post) | Published: 7/21/2021 Plans for a bipartisan committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection fell apart after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved to block two controversial Republicans appointed by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy from sitting on the panel, paving the way for two separate and… [read post]
20 Jul 2021, 12:38 pm
Senior Justice Department lawyer Jonathan Wroblewski made the recommendations to the advisory committee of criminal rules. [read post]
18 Jul 2021, 11:22 am
” In federal court, Tenpenny has been blocked from disseminating her malarkey at the gate. [read post]
15 Jul 2021, 11:46 am
(Chemerinsky, Democrats Must Use the Filibuster to Block Alito, The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), Jan. 29, 2006.) [read post]
15 Jul 2021, 9:35 am
If the filibuster "destroys the mathematical equality of each senator's vote," as Chemerinsky and Neuborne claim, then so does every other rule that allows a bill to be blocked by anything less than a majority vote. [read post]
10 Jul 2021, 9:02 am
Karen Sloan (Law.com), ABA Gets An Earful Over Proposed Diversity Training Mandate For Law Students Jonathan Adler (Case Western), Darien Shanske (UC-Davis) & Ilya Somin (George Mason), Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Enforcing State Tax Cut Ban In Stimulus Package New York Times, U.S. [read post]
9 Jul 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal 6 Months After Capitol Assault, Corporate Pledges Fall Flat ABC News – David Klepper (Associated Press) | Published: 7/4/2021 After the insurrection at the U.S. [read post]
5 Jul 2021, 3:45 pm
Jonathan Zittrain, Engineering an Election, 127 Harv. [read post]
2 Jul 2021, 4:00 am
” Overseeing Federal Housing Agency Resigns, Months After Watchdog Report Finds Abuse of Authority MSN – Rachel Siegel (Washington Post) | Published: 6/30/2021 The inspector general overseeing the Federal Housing Finance Agency resigned, two months after a watchdog report alleged that she abused her authority, retaliated against employees, and blocked an investigation into her conduct. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 4:00 am
Senate Republicans Block Debate on Elections Bill, Dealing Blow to Democrats’ Voting Rights Push MSN – Mike DeBonis (Washington Post) | Published: 6/22/2021 Senate Republicans banded together to block a sweeping Democratic bill that would revamp the architecture of American democracy, dealing a grave blow to efforts to federally override dozens of GOP-passed state voting laws. [read post]
24 Jun 2021, 7:33 am
Those warning about this legislation's threat to academic freedom also ignore that it expressly reaffirms and expands the First Amendment rights of professors and students, both in the prohibition on blocking access to ideas and materials protected by the First Amendment (noted above) and by amending the state law concerning protected expressive activities on campus, adding the language underlined to the existing provision of Florida law: Expressive activities protected under the First… [read post]
18 Jun 2021, 8:29 am
Great thanks to Eugene Volokh, Jonathan Adler, and the other members of Volokh Conspiracy for this privilege. [read post]
