Congress
Bill that Threatens Privacy Passes US Senate Committee
Congressional efforts to fortify dragnet domestic surveillance advanced last week when a Senate committee approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISA). CISA is an addition to the current National Security Act of 1947 creating a subsection 1104...Can the House Sue the President (More Seriously this Time)?
I noted this possibilityย earlier, but it now seems to be actually happening.ย Michael Stern (Point of Order) comments here:ย U.S. House of Representatives v. Obama: The Problem of Standing. Jack Goldsmith has these thoughts:ย Suing the President for Executive Overreach....We Lead, They Follow: How to Effect Change
All of the cool kids have jumped on the marijuana legalization bandwagon, even members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Last week, the House passed an appropriations amendment that bars the DEA from spending funds to arrest medical marijuana patients in states...