There is no "oh, well, except for terrorists" clause to the Sixth Amendment. And that is what makes our country so great.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics
President Obama and the Senate leadership can't whip up the votes necessary to pass a public option or even a Medicare buy-in compromise, but they did...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
Two of the Republican Party's three federal campaign committees announced on Wednesday that they would be forgoing active participation in future GOP ...
The Huffington Post | Posted 10.25.2009 | Media
Sunday's twin bombings in Iraq were the first topic of discussion on NBC's Meet The Press Sunday morning. The attacks killed at least 147 and wounded ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
The Senate GOP fundraising arm is soliciting donations by vowing to defeat Democrats who want to repeal the retroactive immunity granted last year to ...
Think Progress | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
Every single Republican in the House voted against the $819 billion Recovery Act in January. Among the Republican senators who voted against the stimu...
AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's new standards for government openness have not trickled down to some agencies, where officials have used special statutes slipped into bills to skirt the Freedom of Information Act, open government advocates said Wednesday.
Efforts to strengthen the 42-year-old law "have been hampered by the increasing use of legislative exemptions that are often sneaked into legislation without debate or public scrutiny," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said.
News organizations and media groups said new legislation was needed to limit the information agencies may keep secret and for how long.
"The secrecy reflex at some agencies remains firmly in place," said Tom Curley, president and chief executive of The Associated Press. And FOIA still contains relatively weak penalties for those that don't meet their disclosure obligations, he said.
"We appreciate the change in policy direction, but the change hasn't yet reached the street," said Curley, testifying on behalf of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, a coalition of media groups.
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 11.29.2009 | Comedy
America is under attack, people. Not from Iran, not from suitcase bombers or North Korea, but from Barack Obama and those that like him. Jon Stewart e...
POLITICO | Andie Coller | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Joe Wilson's outburst Wednesday night earned more than a personal rebuke from the president and a dagger-eyed gasp from the speaker of the House; it d...
Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
...The campaign against Sunstein has largely written itself. One of the most regularly cited legal scholars, the author, co-author, or editor of dozen...
Anis Shivani | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
The Schumer mandate for the undocumented to register within a short period of time, or else be permanently barred from becoming U.S. residents, is a prime example of the law run amok.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
In the process of defending congressional funding for F-22s last week, Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) accidentally insisted that America needed the oft...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics
The National Republican Senatorial Committee wants your name, address and phone number in exchange for the chance to win an Amazon Kindle -- no donati...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
These Senators spend their precious minutes before the cameras posturing, except for when they're pandering. Except for when they're plodding.
Phil Bronstein | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
Ricky Ricardo always got blindsided, then hustled by his ditzy wife. All she needed to do was apologize and maybe cry a little. Neither Sotomayor nor Senator Coburn seem like they'll be doing any weeping.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
Any judgment that differs from mine, to the extent it differs from mine, does not reflect reality. I am White Guy.
Sandy Maisel | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
Sessions' repetition seemed like piling on. What was the point? Was he trying to catch Sotomayor in a contradiction? To gain an admission? To score points back home?
AP | Posted 08.12.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A top Senate Republican says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will have to explain statements suggesting that judges can't be ...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago
U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk is denying a report that he has decided not to run for the Senate in part to avoid a primary with the Illinois Republican Party Ch...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago
The head of the Illinois Republican Party is making a move to run for the U.S. Senate. Andy McKenna Jr. is due in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to meet...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
This Independence Day weekend marked the second incarnation of the fabled Tea Party movement, protesting the government's growing involvement in econo...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn seems to be softening his expectations for Norm Coleman's effort to appeal the Senate el...
Jay Michaelson | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics
The Republicans are starving for a victory -- any victory -- and if they can block Harold Koh, then, hey, at least that's something. But it's always been a bit more than that.
Derrick K. Baker | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics
Some Republicans are displaying an inability or unwillingness to act like decent elected officials who best represent their constituents' interests, instead acting as petulant obstructionists.
Eric Deggans | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics
What irks me most about the media circus around Sotomayor's nomination is that white politicians and pundits pretend their race and culture have no impact on their sensibilities.
David Vines | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics