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14 Dec 2019, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
(Detroit Publishing Co., Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division) Meanwhile, “Jim Crow” laws taking rights away from blacks were enacted in one state of the South after another. [read post]
6 Dec 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Jackson also decided to lift an earlier administrative stay she had issued that had put her decision briefly on ice while the case moved up to the U.S. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
After losing the election of 1824 to Andrew Jackson, Adams could have retired to the after-dinner-speaking circuit. [read post]
1 Nov 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal AP Exclusive: Middleman helped Saudi give to Obama inaugural AP News – Alan Suderman and Jim Mustian | Published: 10/29/2019 When President Barack Obama was reelected in 2012, a Saudi tycoon and his business associate sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to the U.S. to help pay for the inaugural celebration and get a picture with the president. [read post]
24 Sep 2019, 7:00 am
Closer to home, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-Texas) proposal for H.R 40 would bring the U.S. in line with both international law and practice in the issuance of reparations for human rights violations. [read post]
20 Sep 2019, 12:06 pm by Benjamin Wittes
— Jack Goldsmith (@jacklgoldsmith) September 19, 2019 13/ These are super-hard problems, but I fear that the attacks on presidential secrecy here are (in Jackson’s words) “confusing the issue of a power's validity with the cause it is invoked to promote, of confounding the permanent executive office with its temporary occupant. [read post]
20 Sep 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Amazon to Start Voice-Controlled Donations to 2020 Presidential Campaigns Houston Chronicle – Michelle Ye Hee Lee (Washington Post) | Published: 9/18/2019 Starting in October, customers will be able to donate to presidential campaigns through Amazon’s Alexa. [read post]
9 Aug 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson concluded that a 2013 letter he sent to the Justice Department’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) office was not part of any formal FARA filing, so could not be the basis for a charge under a law barring false FARA submissions. [read post]
26 Jul 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Appeals Court Judges Send Emoluments Suit Against Trump Back to a Lower Court New York Times – Sharon LaFraniere | Published: 7/19/2019 A federal appeals court delivered a setback to a lawsuit by congressional Democrats accusing President Trump of illegally benefiting from his business interests while in office, saying a lower court judge hearing the suit had not adequately considered questions about the separation of powers between the president and Congress. [read post]
24 Jul 2019, 6:06 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings Sixteen states will hold a sales tax holiday in 2019, down from a peak of 19 in 2010 and from 17 last year. [read post]
24 Jul 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Mississippi: “It’s Legal: Candidates could lose election, but pocket campaign cash through loophole” by Luke Ramseth for Jackson Clarion-Ledger Montana: “Montana’s Top Political Cop Wants 3 Years of State GOP Records” by Holly Michels for The Missoulian Elections National: “Democrats Look to Capitalize on Turmoil Inside NRA” by Alex Gangitano for The Hill Ethics California: “FBI Raids at DWP, L.A. [read post]
18 Jul 2019, 11:42 am by Robert B. Lamm
   H.R. 2534, with the same title as in 2015, was introduced by Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT), who introduced the 2015 bill, and co-sponsored by Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Denny Heck (D-WA). [read post]
11 Jul 2019, 5:50 pm by Howard Bashman
” Kevin Liptak, Pamela Brown, Jim Acosta, and Kaitlan Collins of CNN report that “Trump backs away from census citizenship question, orders agencies to hand over citizenship information to Commerce. [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 5:45 am by Jennifer Brand
Justice and Investigations Editor, USA Today Seamus Hughes, Program on Extremism Deputy Director, George Washington University Darla Jackson, Research and Electronic Resources Librarian, The University of Oklahoma College of Law Sukesh Kamra, National Director, Knowledge Management, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada Catherine Krow, Founder and CEO, Digitory Legal Marie Kulbeth, COO and General Counsel, SixFifty Christian Lang, Head of Strategy, Reynen Court; Founder, NY Legal Tech Meetup Marc… [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 4:21 am by SHG
Theoretically, you can make, obviously, a powerful argument that centuries of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination are the primary cause for all those gaps. [read post]
24 May 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 9th Circuit Rejects Challenge to Foreign-Donation Ban Politico – Josh Gerstein | Published: 5/16/2019 A federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge to Congress’ ban on most foreign nationals donating to state and local election campaigns. [read post]
16 May 2019, 10:21 am by Jim Martin
  Full free agency began before the start of the 1977 season when stars such as Reggie Jackson and Mike Schmidt were signed to multi-year multi-million dollar contracts. [read post]
10 May 2019, 9:24 am by Jonathan Spontarelli
National/Federal A Lawsuit About Trump and the NRA Could Upend How the Government Polices Campaign FinanceMother Jones – Nihal Krishan | Published: 5/1/2019 A lawsuit involving the National Rifle Association (NRA) is poised to act as a major test for the FEC chairperson’s new strategy to force the agency to take more aggressive action to police campaign finance law. [read post]