Congress wants to make it even harder to hold judges accountable
Two things can occur at the same time when Congress is involved: trying to do the right thing, but making another right thing nearly impossible to do. Congress is considering…
Judges pushing back against congressionally-mandated ethics rules
One of the oldest controversies in official Washington is just how far – if at all – Congress can go in enacting ethics legislation for federal judges. It’s a question…
Lee bill seeks to bring an end to ‘trillion-dollar defense slush funds’
One pricey consequence of the nation’s more than 20 year-long war against terrorism has been the rapid growth of ill-defined, catch-all programs. While items like the “Overseas Contingency Operations” fund…
Some in Congress seek to reclaim their war powers from the presidency
There seems to be a new appreciation among some members of Congress that their branch of government has ceded too much power to the executive over certain areas of foreign…
