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15 Apr 2011, 8:49 am
22 Democratic Senators are urging President Obama to stop deporting young people who are likely to be eligible for legalization if the DREAM Act passes. [read post]
1 Aug 2009, 9:11 pm
Fox News talks about some unusual uses of Obama stimulus funds: The NEA was given $80 million of the government’s $787 billion economic stimulus bill to spread around to needy artists nationwide . . . . [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 10:43 am
New topic today, as President Obama took office yesterday. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 7:50 am
Republican members of the committee used the hearing to offer criticism of the Obama administration's approach to fighting terrorism [JURIST news archive] and to question the commitment of the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] to using all tools necessary to prevent future terrorist attacks. [read post]
22 Jul 2012, 8:19 am
[JURIST] The Obama administration on Friday amended regulations to offer same-sex domestic partners of federal employees some retirement benefits. [read post]
18 Mar 2014, 12:00 am
On Thursday, March 13, President Obama directed U.S. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 11:21 pm
Pumping up productivity and fostering competition should be the main goals of the incoming Obama administration, according to a new study released by the Private Equity Council. [read post]
31 Jul 2008, 11:05 am
The NY Times has published some of the exam questions given by Barack Obama during his time teaching law school at the University of Chicago. [read post]
28 May 2010, 8:36 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] held a press conference [transcript] Thursday to announce new regulations to mitigate future oil spill disasters and the current plan of action for resolving the crisis created by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder] in the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
30 Jan 2009, 10:35 am
1-30-2009 Washington DC: President Obama has named Josh DuBois, the 26-year-old who ran religious outreach for his presidential campaign, to head the White House's new office of faith-based programs, a White House aide said today. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 12:46 pm
[JURIST] More than 500 international, US, state and local human rights and immigration advocacy organizations sent a letter [text, PDF] to US President Barack Obama Wednesday expressing concern over the use of local law enforcement agencies in the enforcement of federal immigration law. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 8:45 am
The Obama administration on Thursday challenged [notice of appeal, PDF] a federal judge's decision [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] to block the implementation of a new overtime pay rule [text, PDF]. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 11:08 am
The US Supreme Court [official website] on Monday asked [order list, PDF] the Obama administration to comment on New Mexico's lawsuit against Colorado over the Gold King Mine waste spill [JURIST report], which released 3 million gallons of contaminated water. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 6:33 pm
The dim news about the current economic situation has prompted the Obama administration to put forward its latest, desperate effort to reverse the tide by urging passage of The American Jobs Act (AJA), a turgid 155-page bill. [read post]
24 Sep 2016, 8:31 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Friday vetoed [press release] a bill that would have allowed 9/11 victims and their families to sue Saudi Arabia, citing concerns that it would open US diplomats and servicemen to suit abroad. [read post]
8 Apr 2012, 10:19 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Wednesday signed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act) [S 2038, PDF], which prohibits members and employees of Congress, the president and thousands of other federal officials from using non-public knowledge in making investment decisions. [read post]
28 May 2012, 11:25 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] announced [press release] Thursday that he will nominate Dr. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 9:36 am
2-1-2010 National:The Obama administration's budget for fiscal year 2011 includes $237 million for the purchase, renovation and staffing of the Thomson Correctional Center.The administration has proposed buying the [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 11:38 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama overrode the legal interpretations of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel [official websites] in maintaining the administration's position that US forces operating in Libya did not violate the 1973 War Powers Resolution [50 USC § 1541 et seq.], the New York Times reported [NYT report] Monday. [read post]
21 Nov 2014, 1:18 pm
Godfrey On Thursday November 20, 2014, President Obama announced that he would be using his powers already granted to him by the U.S. [read post]
