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12 Aug 2013, 7:27 am
The Surveillance Speech: A Low Point in Barack Obama's Presidency Toronto Trump tower’s investor revolt bigger than thought | Toronto Star TX Man Sues State Rep, Husband Over Repeated Tasing At Work U.S. fast-food worker protests growing over ‘starvation’ wages Killer back in secure hospital wing after sex assault case Are those eggs really cruelty free? [read post]
12 Aug 2013, 5:01 am
The change comes as part of a directive by President Barack Obama, asking federal agencies to cut down regulation and red tape that could be hindering their business’ ability to make profits. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 6:54 pm
mjb On the same day that President Barack Obama spoke to the press about possible surveillance reforms—and released a related white paper on the subject—the National Security Agency came out with its own rare, publicly-released, seven-page document (PDF), essentially justifying its own practices. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 4:01 pm
It comes at a particularly interesting time in the history of the ITC—less than one week after President Barack Obama issued a historic veto reversing an ITC decision in a different case that would have excluded Apple products, including some older-model iPhones. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 3:20 pm
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from tv.msnbc.comPresident Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic at Coney Island in Cincinnati Sept. 7, 2009. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 2:32 pm
Joe Mullin / C-SPAN During a Friday afternoon press conference, President Barack Obama said that he would work with Congress to declassify more information about the National Security Agency's (NSA) secret surveillance programs. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 1:26 pm
President Barack Obama's June 25 climate address [See WIMS 6/25/13 & See WIMS 6/26/13] indicated that the relative emissions related to increased Canadian oil sands processing in U.S. markets resulting from the pipeline are a key criteria for the United States' decision whether to approve the project. [read post]
9 Aug 2013, 10:38 am
Circuit and the Third Circuit, the Fourth Circuit held that President Barack Obama’s appointment of three members to the five-person National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) on January 4, 2012 (previously discussed here) was unconstitutional. [read post]
8 Aug 2013, 9:01 pm
For example, anyone likely to pick up this book will recognize political figures like Michele Bachmann, Joe Biden, John Boehner, Bill & Hillary Clinton, Tom Daschle, John & Elizabeth Edwards, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Gibbs, Alan Greenspan, David Gregory, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 6:14 pm
Governors Warn Party Members In Congress Not To Shut GovernmentWorried about the potential impact on the fragile economies in their states, Republican governors this weekend warned their counterparts in Congress not to shut down the federal government as part of an effort to block financing for President Obama’s health care law (Martin, 8/4).The Wall Street Journal: GOP Leaders Signal Health-Care Card Not In Play In Budget BattleTwo top House Republicans suggested Sunday that they… [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 9:00 am
Barack Obama in 2012. [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 5:47 am
Overview below: The election of Barack Obama prompted people around the world to herald the dawning of a new, postracial era in America. [read post]
5 Aug 2013, 3:00 am
., a former longtime law enforcement officer who works as an investigator for the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office, has been nominated to serve as the U.S. marshal in South Florida.Rojas, who was nominated by President Barack Obama on Thursday, is the deputy director of the South Florida Money Laundering Strike Force in the state attorney’s office.Previously, he spent 24 years with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, retiring as the special agent in charge of… [read post]
4 Aug 2013, 8:43 pm
Upon news of the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, President Barack Obama released a statement urging Americans to reflect calmly on the events that transpired and concluded that “we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. [read post]
4 Aug 2013, 12:00 pm
Yet a compromise sharply limiting that authority, strongly endorsed by then-Senator Barack Obama, was unanimously approved by the Senate way back in 2005—until a sneaky last-minute change turned the limits on their head. [read post]
3 Aug 2013, 7:44 am
When he announced his retirement as Center director in 2010, he was honored at a festive celebration at the Carolina Inn, where featured speakers included Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, then-Governor Beverly Perdue of North Carolina, and President Barack Obama, who offered a video tribute to Julius Chambers’ life and work. [read post]
2 Aug 2013, 11:58 am
Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Congress is ramping up efforts to kill off Obamacare. [read post]
1 Aug 2013, 5:10 pm
The Merc reports as follows: President Barack Obama nominated Michelle Friedland, a partner in the San Francisco office of Munger, Tolles & Olson, to the nation's largest appeals court, which shapes federal law in California and eight other western states. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 8:16 pm
English: Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ever since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 was made law, there have been those in Congress trying to figure out how to get rid of it. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 12:52 pm
When the Senate didn’t take action on President Barack Obama’s nominees, he used a constitutional provision that allows the president to put members on the Board without confirmation when the Senate is in recess. [read post]
