Does Eric Holder Know?
Nope. He does not: Of course, neither did Alberto Gonzales, or if he did, he didn't recall: Now, I don't know whether it's worse to not know anything or to not recall anything. I mean, if you don't…
Executive Branch
Mom, I Love You, But Please Don’t Write Foreign Leaders Without Telling Me
Presidential historian Michael Beschloss sends out some great stuff on Twitter (@beschlossDC). On Mother's Day, he tweeted this image of a letter from JFK to his mom, dated November 3, 1962. In it, the President tells his mother he has…
White House Grants Senate a Glimpse of Legal Memo Re: Killing Americans
From yesterday's edition of The Hill: The Obama administration on Wednesday is expected to grant members of the Senate Judiciary Committee access to its legal justification for killing suspected terrorists who are U.S. citizens. Yep, after months of asking, the Committee…
Can the President Kill a U.S. Citizen in the U.S. Without Trial? Attorney General Says Yes
Like many lawyers might, he used three paragraphs rather than just the one word, but that's what he said. For a while now the administration has been refusing to answer this question one way or the other, which anyone with…
The Drone Memo: More Comedy About the Death of Freedom
Turns out “imminent” doesn’t mean what you think it means.
“A Rhesus Monkey Could Have Beaten Orly Taitz”
An above-average rhesus monkey, I think, but still.
Counter-Petition Asks to Deport People Who Signed Other Petitions
Well, the "We the People" petition site is getting even sillier, although I know that seems hard to believe. As I reported yesterday, a petition asking that Texas be allowed to secede was the first of many state-secession petitions to…
UPDATE: Birthers’ Record Is Worse Than I Thought
Last week I mentioned that the lawsuit (if you can call it that) filed against me, the President of the United States, and a number of other dignitaries by birther/dentist/lawyer Dr. Orly Taitz had been dismissed. I also mentioned having seen…
UPDATE: Hemingway’s Six-Toed Cats Remain
As I mentioned in July 2007 (and again that November), a legal dispute was then raging as to whether the descendants of Ernest Hemingway's six-toed cat Snowball could stay on the grounds of the Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West. Snowball's…
Government to Argue That Detention for Carrying Arabic Flashcards Was Justified
This is an update on a story I mentioned in 2010 ("TSA Detains Possible Terrorist Armed With Flashcards"), and today's update shows that the government has, if possible, lost IQ points and concern for civil rights over the last two…