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7 Nov 2018, 7:10 pm
This public service lasted barely 18 hours after the midterm elections, in which the Democrats secured control of the House of Representatives and Republicans added to their Senate majority. [read post]
6 Nov 2018, 10:56 am
In the unanimous opinion authored by Justice Ginsburg, the Supreme Court pointed out that the ADEA definition of “employer” distinguishes between private sector employers and State and local political subdivisions. [read post]
29 Oct 2018, 10:49 am
Past speakers include Secretary Madeleine Albright, General Stanley McChrystal, Lt Gen Jim Clapper, Senator Kelly Ayotte, and Admiral Mike Mullen. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 12:51 pm
It would also lower contributions limits for state House and Senate candidates, as well as alter how state legislative districts are drawn. [read post]
22 Oct 2018, 7:27 am
The Lawfare team is small, hard working and opinionated. [read post]
19 Oct 2018, 6:00 am
If the president signs a treaty and the Senate ratifies it, can the House of Representatives decline to execute it, or must Congress legislate accordingly? [read post]
18 Oct 2018, 10:42 am
Although Justice George Sutherland, majority opinion writer, misappropriated Chief Justice John Marshall’s 1800 sole-organ speech and inflated presidential prerogatives, courts, in a series of cases (Japanese internment, Dames & Moore v. [read post]
15 Oct 2018, 9:57 am
Since 1993, however, senators have recast that hearing to make it seem that Ginsburg represented the height of recalcitrance. [read post]
15 Oct 2018, 3:30 am
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14 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm
Is the answer the same for the House (which can vote to impeach by a simple majority) and for the Senate (which needs a two-third supermajority to convict, and whose members take a special oath to “do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws”)? [read post]
11 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm
That is despite the fact that attorneys represent the largest number of donors to district judges’ campaigns. [read post]
8 Oct 2018, 8:25 am
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6 Oct 2018, 1:31 pm
The Senators who confirmed Gorsuch, for example, represented states in which only 47 percent of Americans lived (based on the 2017 estimates, and splitting the population totals for the nine states (CO, FL, ME, MO, MT, NV, OH, PA, WI) in which the two Senators split their votes). [read post]
6 Oct 2018, 1:00 pm
Matthews represented the railroad industry in private practice. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 1:20 pm
As Michael Tomasky reminds us in this morning's New York Times, borrowing (with attribution) from a paper by the political scientist Kevin McMahon, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh represent the first time in our history that someone has made it to the Supreme Court after being nominated by a president who did not have majority support from the electorate AND was confirmed by senators representing less than a majority of the US population. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 5:58 am
It was a thumb on the scales setting forth a very modest standard, requiring the independent counsel in words that were quite obligatory, very clear--“shall”--bring to the House of Representatives. [read post]
Underlining the Obvious: Remarks by Vice President Pence on the Administration’s Policy Toward China
4 Oct 2018, 8:05 pm
Senate passed the Better Utilization of Investment Leading to Development, or BUILD Act, which will create a new U.S. government agency — the U.S. [read post]
1 Oct 2018, 3:26 pm
Unless the House of Representatives joins the Senate to overturn the FCC this year, the outcome of these cases will likely determine the fate of net neutrality protections, competition policy, and privacy protections for the ISP industry. [read post]
1 Oct 2018, 11:01 am
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24 Sep 2018, 10:39 am
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