“The Fourth Amendment grants people the right to be secure in their persons, papers, houses, and effects. The right attaches to areas in which people have a reasonable expectation of privacy, requiring that the government obtain a warrant before they search such areas. Emails are clearly "papers." Ho…”
“Under existing law, any person -- corporate or natural -- can already sue for judicial review of any regulation after it passes. However, virtually the only type of plaintiff that sues to invalidate regulations are big business mess and their interest groups. This bill would provide big businesses a…”
“As an ardent supporter of our government accountability organizations. I initially wanted to support this bill. However, I then remembered that the Holman rule exists, that President-elect Trump demanded the names of federal employees working on politically-sensitive projects, and that agencies succ…”
“A significant and growing portion of the public has been calling for an audit of the Federal Reserve for decades. Additionally, there are allegations of Fed corruption that should finally be investigated. Why not finally give them what they want? It wouldn't cost a prohibitive amount of money and it…”
“Vote against Jeff Sessions. The Attorney General should be capable of evenhanded law enforcement and show affinity for all aspects and participants of American life. Sessions is a former KKK member who has a history of racist comments and an inability to relate to minorities. He is therefore unfit t…”
“I cannnot support this list in the age of the Holman rule. In preparing OMB's list, agencies would probably have to submit lists of employees who work on each program and their respective salaries. A hostile Congress could kill a program it doesn't like by slashing to $1 the salaries of employees wo…”
“As a lawyer specializing in administrative law, I strongly oppose this bill. It has been introduced and defeated over and over again by this Congress and its predecessors. It does nothing to improve the operation of government, or even "streamline" government operations. Rather, it renders governmen…”
“The Office of Special Counsel performs a valuable function by defending brace whistleblowers from undeserved retaliation. OSC's whistleblower protection function has saved the jobs and livelihoods of our most honor-bound citizens, encouraged others to come forward, and informed the public of the wor…”