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6 Oct 2011, 6:06 pm
Adler) The Hill reports:In a shocking development Thursday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) triggered a rarely used procedural option informally called the “nuclear option” to change the Senate rules. . . .Reid appealed a ruling from the chair that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) does not need unanimous consent to force a vote on a motion to suspend the rules to consider amendments after cloture has already been approved.The chair, which was… [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 11:21 am
It was invented by Justice Harry Blackmun in order to justify his constitutionally obtuse, mostly lonely, and ever-so-sanctimonious opposition to the death penalty.A better example of the actual "machinery of death" was put out of business this week by the Commonwealth of Virginia when, after years of courtroom battles, it executed Alfred Prieto. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 12:30 pm
Shane Harris reports over at Foreign Policy: Chris Inglis, the deputy director of the National Security Agency and its highest-ranking civilian leader, stepped down from his post this week and will formally retire at the end of the year, Foreign Policy has learned. [read post]
6 Nov 2018, 9:07 am
New book: Alice Kessler-Harris & Maurizio Vaudagna, Democracy and the Welfare State: The Two Wests in the Age of Austerity, Columbia Univ. [read post]
20 Nov 2006, 9:58 pm
After months of speculation, it was today confirmed that Senator Harry Reid has submitted the name of Denver City Councilwoman Rosemary Rodriguez to fill the Election Assistance Commission vacancy created by the departure of Ray Martinez. [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 11:18 pm
Excuse the Meg Ryan/When Harry Met Sally imitation, but I read the following in Shhh….it's my trade secret. from Wisconsin Business Law and Litigation and could not resist:When new businesses begin hiring, they are driven clarify to extreme degrees that no employee should bring in either ideas, documents, etc from former employers to use at the new job. [read post]
19 Apr 2008, 11:39 am
It was yet another busy week for copyright news with the music industry taking the spotlight in several cases, new services working to deliver music and video on demand, at least in the United States and Canada and Harry Potter’s author heading to court against one of her own fans. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 12:35 pm
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24 Feb 2016, 3:18 pm
Sandoval, though like David Souter nominally a Republican, is a liberal, a buddy of Harry Reid, and a guy who's so political he resigned a federal judgeship after serving less than four years in order to run for governor (giving Obama the seat to fill).I thought this paragraph from a Politico article quite revealing:But even compared to Kasich, Sandoval's record wouldn't be easy [for Republicans] to embrace if you're running for president. [read post]
12 Mar 2017, 12:01 am
On this day in history, President Harry Truman addressed Congress to request $400 million in emergency aid for Turkey and Greece, which faced internal and external communist threats. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 8:58 am
Several news sources have reported that the White House instructed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to delete the measures in order to appease Lieberman. [read post]
16 Dec 2022, 12:01 am
On this day in history, President Harry Truman declared a national emergency over the perceived threat of communism he felt had just increased exponentially by the massive Chinese intervention in the Korean War. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 10:48 am
Just when it appears the agency is finally crawling itself out from under the disaster that was Bernie Madoff and Harry Markopolos — not to mention the financial crisis — it appears another mortar is on its way. [read post]
24 Apr 2023, 8:55 am
Enos (Harvard University), Anthony Fowler (University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy), & Christopher Havasy (Harvard Law School; Harvard University, Department of Government) have posted The Negative Effect Fallacy: A Case Study of Incorrect Statistical Reasoning by Federal Courts (Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. [read post]
21 May 2010, 7:55 am
The opinion for the court, by Chief Judge David Sentelle and joined by Judge David Tatel and Senior Judge Harry Edwards, begins: Three detainees at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan petitioned the district court for habeas corpus relief from their confinement by the United States military.1 Appellants (collectively “the United States” or “the government”) moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction based on § 7(a) of the Military Commissions Act of 2006,… [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 8:44 pm
Harry Reid pulled the FISA bill today saying there were too many amendments to consider before the Christmas recess. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 12:48 am
Requiring Suicide Studies in Drug TrialsBy GARDINER HARRIS"Makers of drugs to treat obesity, depression and many other conditions are being asked for the first time to include suicide assessments in their clinical trials"
Justice Nomination Seen as Snub to DemocratsBy PHILIP SHENON and ERIC LICHTBLAU"The White House renominated the Justice Department lawyer who wrote a series of classified legal opinions in 2005 authorizing harsh C.I.A. interrogation techniques. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 4:28 pm
Harry E. [read post]
28 Jun 2013, 1:58 am
Tiffany Craig of KHOU reports that the Harris County Texas Health Department has temporarily closed Humble’s Iguana Joe’s after multiple patrons reported being sickened over Father’s Day weekend. [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 1:40 pm
Following Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) bold move to file cloture petitions on 17 judicial nominees at once, Senate leaders reached a deal late Wednesday to hold votes on 14 over the next few months. [read post]
