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10 Mar 2013, 6:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
See related comments on the DNA database case from the CATO Institute's Jim Harper.Court limits suspicionless border searches of electronic gadgetsThe federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that "U.S. border agents do not have carte blanche authority to search the cellphones, tablets and laptops of travelers entering the country — a 'watershed' decision in the court’s own terms and one at odds with the policies of the President Barack Obama… [read post]
9 Mar 2013, 7:49 pm by Mary L. Dudziak
  Barack Obama obviously isn’t Richard Nixon, but his reluctance to disclose the legal basis for targeted killings attempts to do something that Nixon also attempted: to cloak decisions about war in government secrecy, undermining political checks on the use of military force.Nixon’s White Paper was written by the State Department’s deputy legal advisor after questions were raised about the legal authority for bombing Cambodia. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 7:52 am by Jack Goldsmith
  At the outset of his first term, Barack Obama the Bush critic and civil libertarian has massive stores of trust that he would use force wisely, prudently, and in accordance with the law. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 7:03 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
And one of the reasons we’re going to continue to make progress is we’re going to have for at least three more years the President of the United States, my friend, Barack Obama. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 6:13 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Well, as soon as I sign this bill that ends,” said President Barack Obama, moments before signing the bill. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 2:44 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
President Barack Obama delivers remarks to small business owners, community lenders and members of Congress in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 8:45 am by Big Tent Democrat
Ryan Lizza writes: [T]the fact that Barack Obama now so appreciates the limits of his office and his lack of Jedi powers is rich with irony. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 4:36 am
Former DEA chiefs say Barack Obama's justice department hasn't moved quickly enough on the issue of whether to file a lawsuit that would strong-arm the states into abandoning the legalization measures before they are ever implemented. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 11:42 am
President Barack Obama made history by being the first president to mention gay rights in his inaugural address. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 9:26 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
James Clyburn, the first African American elected to Congress from South Carolina since Reconstruction (as a result of the Voting Rights Act Extension of 1982); and the first black president, Barack Hussein Obama. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 9:26 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
James Clyburn, the first African American elected to Congress from South Carolina since Reconstruction (as a result of the Voting Rights Act Extension of 1982); and the first black president, Barack Hussein Obama. [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 12:19 pm by Tom Smith
Barack Obama gives his State of the Union speech, the sequester looms, and the president flies around the country giving speeches. [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 4:20 am by Benjamin Wittes
”  The statute, which enjoyed broad bipartisan support (including then-Senator Barack Obama), enhances the government’s statutory authority to conduct surveillance. [read post]
26 Feb 2013, 4:02 pm by Rodney Mesriani
Colvin, who on December 22, 2010 has been confirmed by the United States Senate as President Barack Obama’s nominee. [read post]
26 Feb 2013, 1:53 pm by immigrationprof
From NILC: Although still only in draft form, recently leaked legislative language for a White House immigration reform bill provides a clearer picture of President Barack Obama’s immigration reform priorities than was available previously. [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 9:01 pm by John Dean
  But Barack Obama is no fool, and I hope that his underwhelming-appearing non-solution is, in fact, a shrewd play on his part—maybe even a ploy to avoid a minefield of potential political problems by maneuvering Republicans to resolve these undemocratic problems. [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 6:20 pm
"... who had a role in leaking secretly-recorded video of Mitt Romney's infamous '47%' comments, James Carter said Thursday on CNN." [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 4:33 am by Susan Hennessey
First up, The Kroll Show’s spoof trailer Drones, a modern-day Top Gun: From The Onion, which routinely knocks it out of the park: Sweating Obama Admits Drone Strikes Have Been Happening On Their Own WASHINGTON—Speaking at a hastily called White House press conference Friday, a visibly tense and perspiring President Barack Obama confessed that the United States’ fleet of roughly 700 armed drones have been conducting airstrikes entirely on their own for… [read post]