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17 May 2018, 9:01 pm
There’s no method to the madness,” fumed Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal.The Dems’ frustration in this arena is understandable given the hardball tactics that Senator Grassley and other Republicans employed in denying a hearing or a vote on Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to fill the vacancy created by the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016. [read post]
17 May 2018, 8:26 pm
Factual uncertainty can cause problems too, as birther excitement about Barack Obama illustrated. [read post]
17 May 2018, 12:23 pm
Tougher rules governing the payday lending industry, finalized during the last weeks of an Obama-era appointee who led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will remain in place for now after Congress allowed a deadline to overrule them pass without action. [read post]
17 May 2018, 11:42 am
He served in the Obama administration as a national security and served as the key architect of the Iran Nuclear Deal. [read post]
17 May 2018, 11:08 am
“States appeal court ruling in attempt to save Obama-era financial rule”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has an article that begins, “California, New York and Oregon are pulling out all the stops in an effort to save an Obama-era rule requiring retirement advisers to act in the best interest of their clients. [read post]
17 May 2018, 9:06 am
As Sean Davis wrote, “The most amazing aspect about this article is how blasé it is about the fact that the Obama admin was actively spying on four affiliates of a rival political campaign weeks before an election. [read post]
17 May 2018, 8:26 am
Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI “SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMBEDDED INFORMANT. [read post]
17 May 2018, 7:13 am
Although Grant–if confirmed–will be replacing an Obama appointee, Julie Carnes, the replacement will not likely have an immediate effect on the ideological balance of the court because Carnes herself most frequently votes in divided cases with her more conservative colleagues (as did the judge that Lisa Branch replaced, Frank Hull).In other news, longtime federal prosecutor Dick Gregorie is retiring. [read post]
17 May 2018, 4:10 am
The Trump administration continues to concede that the Obama Administration's version of the contraceptive coverage mandate as applied to religious non-profits violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. [read post]
17 May 2018, 4:00 am
Congress fiercely opposed President Obama’s efforts to close Guantanamo and used a variety of means to obstruct him. [read post]
16 May 2018, 10:37 pm
Sebelius case by ruling that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate was a tax, a decision that saved the Obama Administration’s signature domestic policy achievement. [read post]
16 May 2018, 9:30 pm
President Barack Obama proved that substantially raising the limit significantly helps during his campaign for U.S. [read post]
16 May 2018, 9:01 pm
President Obama opted not to replace Hagen when she left the post in 2013. [read post]
16 May 2018, 9:01 pm
’s Trump investigation” by Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, and Nicholas Fandos (New York Times) for MSN Ethics National: “Thousands of Pages of Congressional Testimony Shed Light on 2016 Trump Tower Meeting” by Rosalind Helderman and Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post) for MSN National: “Trump Discloses Payment to Cohen in Financial Report” by Steve Eder, Eric Lipton, and Ben Protess (New York Times) for Seattle Times National: “Obama Ethics Chief Accuses… [read post]
16 May 2018, 9:01 pm
A cottage industry has arisen among anti-Trump commentators, especially those on the center-left, arguing that it would be better if Donald Trump lost at the polls than if he lost an impeachment battle. [read post]
16 May 2018, 6:17 am
Reminiscent of the Obama administration's strategy of jailing refugee mothers with children fleeing violence in deportation internment camps to "send a message," the Trump administration has decided to up the ante. [read post]
16 May 2018, 4:20 am
He’s an Obama nominee Just in: In ruling from the bench, judge denies Johnson & Wales motion to dismiss on TIX claim. [read post]
15 May 2018, 7:24 pm
“This report, in light of continued Senate interest in the judicial confirmation process during a President’s first year in office, provides statistics related to the nomination and confirmation of U.S. circuit and district court nominees during the first year of the Trump presidency (as well as during the first year of each of his three immediate predecessors—Presidents Barack Obama, George W. [read post]
15 May 2018, 2:19 pm
The Obama administration placed restrictions on handouts of military equipment in 2015, but those limits were removed by the Trump administration last year. [read post]
15 May 2018, 5:33 am
That action effectively killed the Obama Administration’s effort to update and expand the overtime rule by raising the “salary level test” for executive, administrative, and professional workers from $455 per week to $913 per week. [read post]
