By Dan Friedman, CongressDaily Less than a month after President Bush signed legislation overhauling the Freedom of Information Act, the measure’s main Senate backers are accusing the White House of planning to scuttle a special FOIA office in violation of the law. An aide to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Office of Management…
Afterdowningstreet.org The President’s spokesperson informed us today that the President will have no new ideas in his speech tonight. That’s unfortunate. Mr. President: Our country is in grave economic trouble. We have a housing finance meltdown going on while energy costs spiral up and down. Affordable and accessible healthcare is out of reach to almost…
Afterdowningstreet.org In a severe blow to US efforts to bring about stability in war-torn Iraq, Australia has announced its decision to withdraw its military troops from the country. The announcement comes even as President George Bush in his last State of the Union address said that the al-Qaida is on the run in Iraq. Australian…
BRIAN C. KALT Michigan State University College of Law Texas Review of Law and Politics, Vol. 6 Abstract: This article considers the constitutional case for the impeachability of federal officers after they have left office. As a practical matter, while it may rarely be worthwhile to pursue a late impeachment (as with regular impeachment), this…
