Tag: Executive Order

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) National Council president Chris Crane called on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to work with immigration law enforcement officers to ensure his DREAM Act does not turn out to be like President Barack Obama’s executive

In a Univision interview which aired July 16, President Obama said he “probably” cannot legalize illegal immigrants by executive order if Congress does not pass immigration reform. Obama did not rule out entirely that he could act unilaterally on the

White House spokesman Jay Carney asserted that Michelle Obama responded “brilliantly” when an activist heckled her at a private fundraiser. When asked if he had any dialogue with Barack Obama about Michelle’s actions, Carney stated, “I haven’t asked the president that,

With a new poll showing over three-quarters of U.S. voters, including 63% of Democrat respondents, supporting a special prosecutor being appointed to investigate the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of Tea Party groups, President Obama is being forced to nominate Republican James B.

The White House Visitors Log reveals that President Barack Obama met with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) union boss Colleen Kelley on March 31, 2010–the day before the Inspector General’s report says the IRS began its scheme to target tea party

U.S. District Judge David Campbell handed both sides a partial victory at the first stage in a case challenging Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s executive order that her state will not issue driver’s licenses to illegal aliens allowed to stay in

President Obama is expected to nominate Tom Wheeler, veteran telecom industry exec and lobbyist to Chair the FCC. The FCC has broad regulatory powers over the nation’s telecommunications industry, effecting television, wireless and internet services. Wheeler has headed powerful lobbying

Politicians regularly employ “science” or “research” to promote their policy agendas. A “study” that finds a result consistent with a politician’s bias is a time-honored way to push legislation. The tactic can even make strange-bedfellows. Last month conservative GOP Rep.

President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order Thursday establishing a Presidential Commission to deal with “election administration” that critics say is an attempt to nationalize the country’s elections for partisan advantage.  The Executive Order states the Commission “shall identify best practices and

It irritates me as a lawyer when I hear another lawyer pontificate on an area of law they seem to know nothing about. You might get the same feeling in your area of work. It just happened on Happening Now

After he delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will consider enacting even more executive actions and orders concerning environmental regulations, gay and lesbian issues, cyberterrorism policies, and the refinancing of mortgages even for those

The New York Times late last week reported “Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months.” For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times, infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for

(AP) Gay rights groups seek order on employer biasBy SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONGay rights advocates are renewing their push for President Barack Obama to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against gay employees. The drive comes as Obama

Missouri State Senator Kurt Schaefer, a Republican, filed a joint resolution on Thursday that would add new language to the state constitution reaffirming state residents’ rights to bear arms. Missouri voters would need to approve the language in Missouri’s next