Author: Andrew C White

Bush administration on the run in Padilla case

Posted by Andrew C White | Dec 31, 2005 |

Cross-posted from The 10,000 Things UPDATE: Firedoglake and SCOTUSblog have more. An article today in the New York Times, “Padilla Lawyers Urge Supreme Court to Block Transfer,” shows the Bush administration on the...

Prosecutors make Abramoff an offer he can’t refuse

Posted by Andrew C White | Dec 30, 2005 |

[From the diaries by susanhu.] Updated: Link to new Wapo article: An Extensive Web of Financial Ties Cross-posted from The 10,000 Things AP is now reporting “Lobbyist, prosecutors said close to deal” that may be...

That pesky little James Madison

Posted by Andrew C White | Dec 24, 2005 |

Cross posted from The 10,000 Things Continuing with Federalist #41, General View of the Powers Conferred by The Constitution (as begun in The Federalist No. 41 – General View of the Powers Conferred by The Constitution),...

The Federalist No. 41 – General View of the Powers Conferred by The Constitution

Posted by Andrew C White | Dec 23, 2005 |

The Federalist No. 41 General View of the Powers Conferred by The Constitution Independent Journal Saturday, January 19, 1788 [James Madison] To the People of the State of New York: THE Constitution proposed by the convention...

Federalist #67 and Recess Appointments

Posted by Andrew C White | Dec 20, 2005 |

In researching the constitutional crisis precipitated by George Bush’s claim to absolute power under the Commander in Chief language of the first clause of Article II, Section 2 of The Constitution of the United States of...