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20 May 2014, 6:31 am by Richard Pildes
Federal Election Commission, striking down aggregate limits on campaign contributions. [read post]
19 May 2014, 9:30 pm by Patrick A. McLaughlin
My colleague Richard Williams and I have documented several presidentially led efforts at retrospective review. [read post]
They increasingly have the ability to influence the public debate and weaken our democracy through the manipulation of internet traffic. [read post]
9 May 2014, 7:45 am by Wells Bennett
Come and get it: a new trove of recently filed and/or unsealed pleadings in the closely watched and vigorously debated case of Al-Nashiri v. [read post]
4 May 2014, 9:30 pm by Kirti Datla
And yet once an agency is up and running, it is typically lumped into one of two categories: executive (subject to presidential control) and independent (not subject to presidential control). [read post]
2 May 2014, 11:13 am by Donald Evans
The presidentially-appointed Commission is, after all, the body charged with fulfilling the regulatory functions under the Communications Act, so it naturally has the last word when it comes to agency actions. [read post]
29 Apr 2014, 9:30 pm by Daniel E. Walters
A recent report commissioned by the Administrative Conference of the United States suggested that OIRA serves as a source of delay in the development of new regulations. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 10:38 am by Ritika Singh
The pow wow over Jonathan Pollard continues: USA Today tells us that people on all sides of the debate are in an uproar. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 4:08 am by SHG
The flaw is simply stated: the Guidelines ranges for drug trafficking offenses are not based on empirical data, Commission expertise, or the actual culpability of defendants. [read post]
21 Mar 2014, 9:36 am by Jim Sedor
At a recent meeting, the first in a months-long process, the commissioners debated the suggested changes. [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 4:11 am by Benjamin Wittes
  And regardless of the military commission vs. federal court debate, detention at Guantanamo cannot be justified by a handful of criminal trials. [read post]
12 Mar 2014, 11:00 am by Benjamin Wittes
Allen also highlights the Commission’s savvy public relations campaign to place intelligence reform on the forefront of the 2004 presidential election. [read post]
6 Mar 2014, 9:00 am by Ritika Singh
A UN Commission of inquiry released a report on human rights in Syria. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 9:44 am by Kelly Buchanan
  Furthermore, a temporary article in the Constitution means that the president will not have the sole power to appoint the Minister of Defense during the next two full presidential terms. [read post]
13 Feb 2014, 1:30 pm by Guest Blogger
  The Recess Appointments Clause provides that “[t]he President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 11:30 am
In the State of the Union last night, President Obama endorsed the recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, designed to address lines at polls and related issues. [read post]
18 Jan 2014, 7:00 am by Yishai Schwartz
This week Lawfare focused on the debate over surveillance reform. [read post]
10 Jan 2014, 9:03 pm by Lyle Denniston
At issue in a case growing out of a routine labor dispute at a soft-drink bottling plant in Yakima, Washington, is this provision in the Constitution’s Article II, dealing with presidential powers: “The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. [read post]
Supreme Court will lay to rest questions about the viability of the presidential recess appointment process when it decides NLRB v. [read post]