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1 Jul 2016, 7:29 am
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) blames the Koch brothers for helping push the mens rea reform, calling it a "fatal poison pill. [read post]
11 Nov 2023, 4:14 am
Attacking judges has become an American pastime, in which Trump still holds the title but others like Sheldon Whitehouse provide stiff competition. [read post]
10 Oct 2008, 12:09 am
(The AG has subsequently authorized NSA to engage in such surveillance before obtaining the AG's sign-off in certain limited and time-bounded situations.)In addition, United States Signals Intelligence Directive 18 imposes "minimization" requirements that almost certainly would prohibit the sort of uses of U.S. persons' communications that are described in the ABC story.Therefore, if this story is true, it appears the NSA violated E.O. 12333 and USSID-18 -- assuming, of course,… [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 5:03 am
” At Medium.com, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse suggests that a new Supreme Court appointment “opens the opportunity to revisit an array of decisions, Citizens United chief among them, that made the Roberts Court the most ‘pro-business’ court since the Gilded Age, and restore the precedents so many of these 5–4 decisions overturned. [read post]
6 Feb 2018, 1:42 pm
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island and ranking minority member on the Committee, said the Panama and Paradise Papers show the wide use by criminals of money laundering. [read post]
12 Jan 2010, 1:50 pm
A January 11, 2009 "Dear Colleague" letter urging Members to oppose the proposal was signed by all twelve of the Majority Members of the Committee: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE), Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), Senator Max Baucus… [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 6:45 am
The revision includes elements drawn from efforts by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) to reconcile the CSA2012 with the Republican-sponsored SECURE IT Act (S. 3342). [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 12:03 pm
Dianne Feinstein (California) and Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island) voted to include that immunity in the Senate Intelligence Committee vote in October. [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 1:55 pm
In committee, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) won an amendment that would require court approval if the government wants to wiretap an American outside the country. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 7:24 am
Leahy and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island — have signed on as cosponsors.Congress also recently passed a defense budget that calls for the State Department to create a map of mineral-rich areas that are under the control of armed groups in Congo.In April, manufacturers and processors of tantalum — a high-performance metal used in many electronic devices — will convene in Boston to brainstorm on ways they can specify the source of… [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 7:52 am
By Jessica Mendelson and Robert Milligan On July 17, 2012, Democratic senators Herb Kohl (Wisconsin), Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island), and Chris Coons (Delaware) introduced legislation which they believe will aid American companies in effectively combating the theft of trade secrets. [read post]
27 Jul 2022, 6:40 am
Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.), Rep. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 6:50 am
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Dahlia Lithwick (Slate) and Carl Pope (Sierra Club) on a panel organized by Alliance for Justice at last week’s Netroots Nation to address the growing influence of corporations within the American judicial system, particularly in the Supreme Court. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 8:03 am
Watch Sheldon Whitehouse. [read post]
19 Jun 2007, 3:18 am
Edward Kennedy and Sheldon Whitehouse Letter calls for an investigation into allegations of illegal voter suppression tactics by Republican political operatives during the 2004 elections 06/18/2007
Letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson from the Senate Finance Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Letter requests information regarding abusive tax transaction involving the contribution of non-cash property to tax-exempt organizations 06/18/2007
Letters from the… [read post]
2 Jan 2020, 10:59 am
., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and in the House by Reps. [read post]
6 Feb 2018, 1:42 pm
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island and ranking minority member on the Committee, said the Panama and Paradise Papers show the wide use by criminals of money laundering. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 12:33 pm
The measure’s other sponsors include Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), and committee members Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin), Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania), Chuck Schumer (D-New York), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota). [read post]
Out Trumping Trump: Democrats Join the Attack on Courts but the United States Won’t Be Better for It
19 Aug 2019, 9:01 pm
These are the kind of accusations that Donald Trump regularly makes about the American judiciary.Democrats have vigorously denounced those accusations and offered impassioned defenses of the rule of law.Surprisingly, prominent Democrats now are abandoning their defense of the courts and are even echoing some of Trump’s most infamous claims.In a friend of the court brief filed last week with the Supreme Court, five Democratic senators, including one presidential candidate, (Sheldon… [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 11:48 am
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH). [read post]
