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4 Apr 2024, 8:15 pm by Ilya Somin
Examples include former Vice President Mike Pence and GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell. [read post]
1 May 2014, 9:26 am by Yishai Schwartz
Over at Secrecy News, Steve Aftergood addresses “classification challenges” that can be brought by individual employees and discusses whether these challenges represent an opportunity for curbing secrecy. [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 5:55 am by JB
Adopting his thesis makes sense if you believe that originalism is required by the rule of law (Barnett, me), by the benefits of supermajority procedures (McGinnis and Rappaport), as a framework for politics and constitutional construction (me), as a requirement of democratic legitimacy (Whittington, Bork, me), or as a basis for judicial restraint (Bork, Scalia, and many others).By contrast, Gerard's stipulation about who is engaged in originalist interpretation not only leaves people like me… [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 12:39 pm by WIMS
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) named the following 14 Senate conferees: Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), James Inhofe (R-OK), Max Baucus (D-MT), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), David Vitter (R-LA), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), and John Hoeven (R-ND). [read post]
20 May 2010, 8:09 am by Erin Miller
” At Crime and Consequences, Steve Erickson hypothesizes that what the opinions in Graham v. [read post]
Still, even if the FVRA is not at issue, there may be other legal concerns with the appointment, as Steve Vladeck noted on this evening’s Lawfare Podcast. [read post]
17 Feb 2017, 6:26 am by Jim Sedor
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was “highly likely” the events leading to Flynn’s departure would be added to a broader probe into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election. [read post]
24 Feb 2017, 6:33 am by Jim Sedor
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was “highly likely” the events leading to Flynn’s departure would be added to a broader probe into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election. [read post]
9 Mar 2023, 4:24 am by Emma Snell
Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Steve Holland report for Reuters. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 9:30 am by Jordan Brunner
  CNN reports that, following up on numerous calls by GOP lawmakers for investigations in the wake of Flynn’s resignation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said it’s “highly likely” the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will investigate Flynn’s discussions with Kislyak. [read post]
9 Jun 2019, 7:30 am by Sandy Levinson
  And even if Steve Calabresi is correct, as discussed in an earlier post, that at present Democrats control six of the twelve smallest states, it is also demonstrably true that these states are increasingly unrepresentative of the rich pluralism and multi-culturalism that typify the larger states. [read post]
30 Jun 2019, 6:30 am by Sandy Levinson
Larry Lessig is clearly one of the most interesting and imaginative scholars within the legal academy, and he has written a book that fully vindicates the enthusiastic blurbs it receives (from myself, as well as others). [read post]
The appointment of Elliot’s replacement, Eric Soskin, for example, was rammed through the Senate by then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a party-line vote even while the office was investigating whether Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao—McConnell’s wife—favored contracts in Kentucky while McConnell was running for reelection. [read post]
29 Oct 2010, 9:57 am by Bexis
  Hence our current line-up of regular contributors:  Bexis, the sole surviving son of the original blog, Steve McConnell, Will Sachse, and Dave Walk (anybody can access our bios in the right-hand margin). [read post]
4 Jan 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Invoking the historically dubious claim that a former official is not subject to conviction by impeachment, even senators like Mitch McConnell, who condemned Trump’s behavior, voted to acquit him.Where does that leave matters? [read post]