President Donald Trump gleefully announced that, under his direction, U.S. military troops had swooped down on the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento and kidnapped California Governor Gavin Newsom. “We’re charging Newscum with fraud.” When a reporter asked for specifics about the fraud charges, Trump pointed to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Bondi, clearly taken by surprise, said, “We’re looking into it and will let you know the details as soon as we’ve created them.”   read more

With the economy improving little from 2008 to 2009, it’s not surprising that the problem with hunger in America saw little progress as well. A new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service found that nearly 15% ...   read more

Immigration courts are taking longer these days to hear and process cases, including those that end with deportation orders. The specialized courts took an average of 280 days during FY 2010 to complete cases, which was 47 days longer (or 20%) t...   read more

Wanting to get in on the billion-dollar action, banks and hedge funds are backing lawsuits against corporations, hospitals, doctors and other deep-pocketed interests in order to create new streams of income. Investments in civil cases now total ...   read more

What used to take only days is now stretching into months and close to years for the issuance of the first pardon by a new president.   Like his immediate predecessors, President Barack Obama has continued a recent trend of putting pardons and...   read more

Stephen Bertone, former chief engineer of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, has refused to comply with a subpoena from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), arguing that the CSB does not have jurisdiction to prob...   read more

With wait times lasting longer than two years for a decision, judges who hear Social Security disability cases are experiencing a rise in violent threats from frustrated Americans. At least 80 threats to kill or harm administrative law judges or...   read more

Matthew S. Petersen has served on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) since his appointment by President George W. Bush in June 2008. In December 2009, he was selected by the commission members to be their chair for the year 2010. The role of ...   read more

The validity of government safety awards has come under question in light of the bestowing of such honors to companies responsible for two of the country’s worst accidents this year.   Six months before the Upper Big Branch coal mine accident ...   read more

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is no stranger to conservative political fundraisers, having attended events hosted by the partisan magazine, American Spectator. Alito apparently sees no problem with his presence at events that favor Rep...   read more

On November 2, California voters, by a 54%-46% margin, defeated a ballot measure that would have legalized the use of marijuana for those over the age of 21. The main storyline coming out of the overall results of this election was that, despite...   read more

Many of those headed to Washington following this month’s election aren’t just new to Congress, but new to political office altogether. About 40 of the newly elected have never held elected office of any kind, representing the highest total sinc...   read more

Republicans love successful network television programs, while Democrats tend to skew towards hit offerings on cable. While there are exceptions to both of these generalities, plenty of examples exist demonstrating where the partisan divide rest...   read more

What began in Norway has spread to four other European countries, each of which is now investigating whether the U.S. embassy has been spying on local citizens.   A Norwegian television news station first reported how American officials in the...   read more

Anton Camaj, formerly of Montenegro when it was part of Yugoslavia, is fighting to remain in the United States, where he has lived for the past 16 years.   Camaj was ordered to attend three immigration hearings back in 1995, the last of which ...   read more

A victim of the criminal justice system’s draconian punishment for first-time drug offenders, Clarence Aaron deserves to be pardoned by President Barack Obama, argues conservative columnist Debra J. Saunders.   Aaron was a college student at Sou...   read more

A returnee from the Clinton administration, Laurie (Laurel) O. Robinson rejoined the U.S. Department of Justice in November 2009 as assistant attorney general in charge of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), which oversees numerous programs re...   read more