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Presidential Loyalists Rubberstamping Surveillance: This Is the Public Debate We Were Promised? 23 Aug 2013 | 09:36 pm
Following up on his promise of a few weeks ago, President Obama reportedly has named four “outside experts” to an outside panel to review the government’s surveillance activities. The four include Mi...
Have We Come Full Circle? Or Unitary Executive Redux 20 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
In 2004, journalists began reporting on a theory of government advanced by then-Vice President Dick Cheney and his then-top lawyer, David Addington – the “unitary executive.” Jack Goldsmith, in his b...
Aftershocks from Obama’s Domestic Surveillance Press Conference 15 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
It has been interesting to watch the reverberations from President Obama’s recent press conference on domestic surveillance. In the following days, the White House has had to explain that James Clapp...
In Transparency Win, House Opens Up US Code 30 Jul 2013 | 10:31 pm
Earlier today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) announced that the US Code is now available for bulk download in XML. This seemingly technical announcement must...
What Happens When Checks and Balances Don’t Work? 30 Jul 2013 | 05:12 pm
Yesterday CREW called on Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, Jr. for conspiring and testifying falsely before Congress and conspiring and ob...
Senate Rules Committee Considers FEC Nominees, Public Printer, and Campaign Finance Disclosure 24 Jul 2013 | 06:28 pm
This morning, the Senate Rules Committee will consider the nominations of two commissioners to the FEC, the nomination of the Public Printer, and S. 375, which would require Senate candidates to file ...
Richard Berman: Working Hard and Playing by the Rules Shouldn’t Keep You Out of Poverty 18 Jul 2013 | 12:12 am
Last week, the Washington, D.C. City Council passed living wage legislation requiring very large retailers to pay employees in the District $12.50 an hour. The bill has yet to be signed or vetoed by D...
Reps. Lujan Grisham and Cartwright Take On Dark Money Non-Profits 16 Jul 2013 | 07:25 pm
In the wake of the IRS scandal and the nearly $255 million certain tax-exempt organizations spent on political activities during the last election cycle, we applaud two recent legislative efforts by R...
The IRS’s Latest Misstep on the 501(c)(4) Front 28 Jun 2013 | 01:20 am
Originally appeared in The Hill (June 27, 2013) The IRS, reeling from the implosion of its Exempt Organizations unit and its leadership failures, issued a remarkable report Monday that reveals the ag...
Supreme Court Ends Term on a High Note, Declaring DOMA Unconstitutional 26 Jun 2013 | 08:12 pm
Today the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in United States v. Windsor. In a predictably 5-to-4 opinion, Justice Kennedy, writing...
