If you’re the President, and lots of people in your administration are either actively breaking the law or coming up with half-baked justifications for their past illegal behavior (or both at the same time), one way to keep your corrupt buddies out of jail is to fire the law enforcement officials whose job it would [...]
Archive for January, 2007
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Posted in constitution, criminal law, politics on January 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Some Thoughts about Impeaching the President
Posted in constitution, criminal law, internet, politics on January 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Two New Mexico state Senators are planning to introduce articles of impeachment in the NM state legislature. “What’s the point of that?” you may ask. “He’s the President of the US, not the President of New Mexico.”
The answer is that over the last few months, there has been increasing discussion about removing Bush and his [...]
I was going to read this right away
Posted in internet on January 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
but… I think I’ll do it later.
John Sununu keeps the FCC out of your living room
Posted in fair use, free (or not) software, internet, politics, technology on January 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The technology cognoscenti are cautiously pleased with the initial Acts of the newly Democratic Congress. At least one Republican has detected the change in the tide, and elected not to sail against it:
Sununu’s bill will attempt to rein in the FCC and prevent it from reviving the broadcast flag without Congressional authorization to do so. [...]
John Dean has a new post over at Findlaw
Posted in constitution, criminal law on January 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is the third in the series about what Congress can do to restrain the Executive when the inevitable confrontation finally happens.
Suppose the 110th Congress does find itself being stonewalled by Bush and Cheney’s claims of executive privilege. Does it then have no recourse?
Go read it.
and so it begins
Posted in constitution, criminal law on January 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
shazam!
The price of sovereignty
Posted in copyright, internet, property, technology on January 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
is apparently five hundred million dollars. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of guys. The concept of a data haven isn’t exactly new, but it sure would be interesting to see the Pirate Bay guys set one up in real life.
