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Conyers Threatens Impeachment if Iran Attacked
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Emoluments Clause: Its Application to Donald J. Trump
Brookings – Foreign interference in the American political system was among the gravest dangers feared by the Founders of our nation and the framers of our Constitution. The United States was a new government, and one that was vulnerable to manipulation by the great and wealthy world powers (which then, as now, included Russia). One…
Close to 100,000 March on Washington to Demand Peace and Justice
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US Arms Exports Up, Oversight Down
By Maya Schenwar, t r u t h o u t The Bush administration hopes to push through two license-free arms sales treaties before the end of this Senate session. Both would eliminate much of the oversight that governs international weapons trades. The treaties, one with the United Kingdom and one with Australia, exemplify a…
Making a list of reasons after the fact for firing U.S. attorneys
Justice Department memos show performance issues were being detailed after the fact in order to justify the terminations. By Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer March 21 2007 Senior Justice Department officials began drafting memos this month listing specific reasons why they had fired eight U.S. attorneys, intending to cite performance problems such…
