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Senate Moves Closer to Seizing Control of Cyberspace
Just when you thought it was safe to get back on the Internet. Tuesday, the Senate Select Committee passed the Cyber Information Security Act (CISA) by a vote of 12-3. This clears another hurdle in the path toward consideration by the body of the Senate. CISA is in...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...