Jun

26

Surprise! VP is Not Part of Executive

June 26, 2007 | 1 Comment

Surprise! The office of the Vice President is not part of the executive.
Or perhaps not. But this is the startling constitutional argument being put forth by the Vice President in an effort to avoid compliance with an executive order which requires all “agencies and any other entity” of the executive branch to report the number [...]

Jun

20

Fwd: Executive Privilege (TTYL)

June 20, 2007 | 4 Comments

During the investigation of U.S. Attorney firing procedures, the electronic communications infrastructure at the White House has been intensely scrutinized. Many of the White House insiders, such as Karl Rove’s former assistant Susan Ralston, have been using private political domain accounts and even AOL accounts to exchange information. Instead of sending and receiving E-mails [...]

Jun

20

The Employee Free Choice Act

June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This week, the Senate will vote on the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would allow employees the opportunity to organize with less interference from management.  The ACS national blog provides some useful commentary, as well as an analysis of the way in which labor law currently stacks the deck against unionization.

Jun

19

Prisons: They Keep Growing and Growing and…

June 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

A new report by Stateline.org details the innovative strategies certain states are employing to combat a soaring prison population.  The report comes on the heels of earlier projections by the Pew Charitable Trust indicating that prison growth could cost up to $27.5 billion over the next five years.  In fact, the figures compiled by Pew [...]