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13 Aug 2014, 5:03 am
And now for the seamy side of government and politics. [read post]
8 Apr 2017, 11:04 am by Mark Casper
Following the United States' missile launch in Syria earlier this week in response to a chemical weapons attack, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres [official website] on Friday called for restraint [statement] in handling the situation in Syria. [read post]
12 Feb 2019, 4:45 pm by Jen Patja Howell
To understand the stakes, Benjamin Wittes sat down last week in the new Jungle Studio with Amanda Sloat, a senior fellow at the Brookings Center for the United States and Europe, to talk about all things Brexit. [read post]
23 Nov 2019, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
” Rawley wrote: Pierce’s ideology of limited government together with his personal traits of accommodation and deference to the powerful southern wing of his party made for an inept president who piloted the ship of state to the shoals of secession and civil war. [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 8:49 am by Gordon Ahl
For decades, China has taken advantage of the United States. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 8:51 am
Note that the United States Supreme Court has granted cert. on this issue in another case— if you want to preserve the claim, you can use this ACLU cert. petition filed in that matter for reference. [read post]
20 Jun 2009, 7:41 pm
Language evolves, as does the United States Constitution, which after all in physical form is just an assemblage of words. [read post]
11 Aug 2009, 5:15 pm
A False Claims Act case brought by the Anti-Discrimination Center (ADC), a registered nonprofit organization, on behalf of the United States government has resulted in an historic settlement whereby the defendant, Westchester County, New York, has agreed to spend more than $50 million to create affordable housing opportunities in designated towns and villages and to market them to racial minorities. [read post]
30 Aug 2019, 4:19 pm by Gregory J. Brod
Qui tam lawsuits are brought by individuals, known as whistleblowers, against a company that defrauded the United States government. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 5:22 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
EFF – Cindy Cohn:  “NSA Spying: Government’s Latest Delay Tactic Fails The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today rejected the government’s latest attempt to delay consideration of whether the NSA’s tapping into the Internet backbone is legal in Jewel v. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 7:36 am by Lindsey Williams
On January 28, 2010, the Washington Post announced that the Swiss government has suspended the disclosure of information about tax cheats to the United States under a February 2009 “deferred prosecution” agreement and may seek to renegotiate the deal. [read post]
2 Jun 2009, 1:01 pm
Scott Pogue, filed a qui tam lawsuit under the United States Civil False Claims Act. [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 1:36 pm by Lindsey Williams
Yesterday, the Washington Post announced that the Swiss government has suspended the disclosure of information about tax cheats to the United States under a February 2009 “deferred prosecution” agreement and may seek to renegotiate the deal. [read post]
27 Sep 2022, 7:00 am by Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk
All of them cite Russian targeting of civilians during the Second Chechen War; Russian support of separatists engaging in violence against civilians in the Donbas region of Ukraine since 2014; and material support by Russia for the government of Syria (one of four countries currently designated by the United States as a state sponsor of terrorism). [read post]
10 Oct 2017, 9:44 am by Andrew Hamm
Presumably, then, the chief justice of the United States cannot serve as the president’s secretary of state. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 5:00 am by zshapiro
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Jose Lopez for (1) conspiring to encourage or induce an alien to enter the United States, (2) encouraging or inducing 17 aliens to enter the United States, and (3) and knowingly aiding or assisting an alien, who was inadmissible due to a prior aggravated felony conviction, to enter the United States. [read post]