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15 Sep 2010, 4:20 am by Paul Caron
Main Justice, Obama Won’t Re-Nominate Former DOJ Tax Division Choice: President Barack Obama will not re-nominate his former choice for the Justice Department Tax Division, whose nomination the Senate most recently sent back to the White House in August, a White House official told Main Justice on Tuesday. [read post]
6 Jul 2009, 5:05 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official profile] said Monday that a renewed commitment to the rule of law should be part of a "reset" in US relations with Russia during an official visit to Moscow. [read post]
15 May 2009, 6:41 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] announced Friday that he is reinstating the controversial military commission system [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] to try some Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees. [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 9:58 am by Steve Dotterer
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Thursday expressed opposition to a pending Arizona bill [SB 1070 materials] that would require any individual suspected of being an illegal immigrant to present valid identification to law enforcement officials. [read post]
13 Apr 2009, 8:36 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official profile] has ordered the lifting of travel restrictions and restrictions on money transfers [press release] between Cuban-Americans and their families in Cuba. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 9:11 am
  According to The Wall Street Journal, President-elect Barack Obama and congressional leaders are prepared to move quickly to freeze the exemption amount and tax rate at 2009 levels. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 1:03 am
Speaking at Georgetown University just days after US President Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize, Clinton said that "a commitment to human rights starts with universal standards and [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 10:14 am
[JURIST] Advisers to US President-elect Barack Obama [transition website] said Monday that he plans to issue an executive order during his first week in office closing the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] prison camp, according to a report by the Associated Press. [read post]
1 Jan 2012, 8:11 am by Max Slater
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official website] on Saturday signed [statement] the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 (NDAA) [SB 1867, pdf] into law despite having reservations over certain provisions in the bill. [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 9:25 am
President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has launched http://www.change.gov/, a website that includes a presidential blog and links to explanations of Obama's policy initiatives, alphabetically organized, and a prominent link to his acceptance speech in Chicago. [read post]
13 Aug 2014, 11:00 am by Paul Caron
Bloomberg, Obama Donors Altman, Effron Embrace Deals President Slams: President Barack Obama has been bashing companies that pursue offshore mergers to reduce taxes. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 5:48 am by Dwyer Arce
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama on Sunday urged the Afghan government to reduce corruption and institute an effective judicial system. [read post]
9 Jun 2009, 6:16 pm
TIME ponders the gay community's puzzlement and anger over the Obama administration's defense of Don't Ask, Don't Tell: When Barack Obama sought the presidency, he pledged to reverse the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy preventing gays and lesbians from serving... [read post]
14 Feb 2009, 3:51 am
US President Barack Obama [official website] issued the executive order [text] last month that initiated the review process. [read post]
7 May 2016, 5:41 pm by Consuella Pachico
President Barack Obama has reduced another 58 prison sentences, a large amount of them life terms,” the White House announced. [read post]
22 Nov 2016, 1:59 pm by Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama surpassed the 1,000 mark for commutations granted during his presidency on Tuesday after shortening sentences for 79 people. [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 7:47 pm
Yet voters here who eagerly pushed Democrats into the Senate and the governor's office are resisting Barack Obama. [read post]
19 Nov 2008, 11:32 pm
  An alpha male like Obama can stomach only so much suckling of the teat. [read post]