We have extensively covered the IRS targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups, giving them extra scrutiny above and beyond normal protocol for non-profit tax exempt statuses. Not only did the IRS target these groups specifically, they have also embarked on a blatant coverup of the evidence detailing this targeting, taking the scandal to another […] Continue reading → 
The prolonged execution of an Arizona death row inmate with a new, two-drug combo has highlighted the patchwork quilt approach that states now take with lethal drugs, with types, combinations and dosages varying widely. A question and answer look at how the disparity came about and why, following more than three decades in which all […] Continue reading → 
Obamacare is seemingly beset on all sides by lawsuits challenging it’s Constitutionality and authority, any of which could succeed in striking down some or all of the law. Liberals know that Obamacare is in trouble, and conservative columnist George Will says that Continue reading → 
America, as the legal theorist Mick Jagger once observed, is a litigious society. Now, to prove him right yet again, comes House Speaker John Boehner, Republican of Ohio. Boehner announced last week that he would introduce legislation allowing Congress to sue the president to compel him to “follow the oath of his office and faithfully […] Continue reading → 
George Will What philosopher Harvey Mansfield calls “taming the prince” — making executive power compatible with democracy’s abhorrence of arbitrary power — has been a perennial problem of modern politics. It is now more urgent in the United States than at any time since the Founders, having rebelled against George III’s unfettered exercise of “royal prerogative,” stipulated […] Continue reading → 
The National Security Agency spies on and collects data from everybody in America, including Congress. This has been going on for some time, but came to the attention of the general public after the leaks by Edward Snowden. Courts have ruled that the spying is unconstitutional, and the House GOP is working on measures that […] Continue reading → 
Today marks 46 days since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished over the southern Indian Ocean. For the legal fraternity in the United States, it is officially Day 1. According to CNN, the US enforces a 45-day rule for how long American lawyers have to wait before reaching out to a family that has lost a […] Continue reading → 
Today marks 46 days since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished over the southern Indian Ocean. For the legal fraternity in the United States, it is officially Day 1. According to CNN, the US enforces a 45-day rule for how long American lawyers have to wait before reaching out to a family that has lost a […] Continue reading → 
Organizers of the fast-food protests for higher pay on Tuesday shifted their attention to another issue: “wage theft.” Protesters planned to rally outside McDonald’s restaurants in cities including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami to call attention to the denial of overtime pay and other violations they say deprive workers of the money they’re owed. […] Continue reading →