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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]
20 Feb 2013, 12:43 pm by Sheldon Toplitt
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)David Axelrod, senior advisor and senior strategist during President Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns, has signed on as a contributor to NBC News and theMSNBC cable network, just a week after  former Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs did the same.Axelrod, who turns 58 this week, recently was named director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago, his alma mater, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Harris School of… [read post]
19 Feb 2013, 8:38 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
The next day, President Barack Obama expressed support generally for the Senators’ sketchy proposals, but warned that, if Congress does not act promptly, he will present his own legislation. [read post]
19 Feb 2013, 10:38 am by Gabriel Granatstein
President Barack Obama argued for an increase in the minimum wage in the United States. [read post]
19 Feb 2013, 9:12 am by Tom Smith
For the administration, it’s a dangerous endeavor: the text of President Barack Obama’s health law didn’t envision widespread abdication by the states. [read post]
19 Feb 2013, 3:32 am by Heidi Henson
On Wednesday, February 13, President Barack Obama re-nominated current Members Sharon Block and Richard Griffin to the NLRB, a defiant response to a recent appellate court decision that their recess appointments were unconstitutional. [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 1:01 pm
 Elsewhere, on PatLit Dave Berry notes President Barack Obama's live Google hangout on patent trolls; on MARQUES' Class 46 blog Birgit Clark introduces readers to German litigation over registration of the trade mark HEADF*CK (the letters 'CK' have a special significance and it's nothing to do with Calvin Klein ...). [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 6:27 am by Editors
In-house counsel take note – developments on cybersecurity from the executive branch: During Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama revealed his executive order on cybersecurity and the attendant campaign to increase computer safety. [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 11:09 am by immigrationprof
Presidents and Civil Liberties from Wilson to Obama A Story of Poor Custodians by Samuel Walker This book is a history of the civil liberties records of American presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama. [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 10:53 am
Says Drudge, collecting a set of teasers under what seems to be a very old picture of Michelle and Barack (as if to say, they were in love once but not anymore): Those 2 go on plenty of vacations together, and now, he wants to golf and she doesn't have anything she likes doing in Florida. [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 5:26 am by Doug Cornelius
Mary Jo White’s Latest Conflict of Interest by Jonathan Weil in Bloomberg White is the white-collar defense lawyer and former U.S. attorney nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the SEC. [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 5:26 am by Doug Cornelius
Mary Jo White’s Latest Conflict of Interest by Jonathan Weil in Bloomberg White is the white-collar defense lawyer and former U.S. attorney nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the SEC. [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 1:56 am by Heidi Henson
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, the White House issued a release stating that President Barack Obama has re-nominated Richard T. [read post]