Executive privilege is raised when the president wants to protect information from disclosure.
Category: Law and Politics
Impeachment Explained
The president, vice president, civil officers of the United States, and federal judges can be impeached by the House of Representatives.
Obstruction of Justice Explained
Most cases of obstruction of justice arise from the intent to interfere with either a judicial or Congressional proceeding.
A Fine Mess
A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System is one of the best policy books I’ve ever read.
Gun Deaths in America
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) calculated that in 2014, 10,945 Americans were shot to death.
Carried Interest Explained
The carried interest rule is one of the major reasons why hedge fund managers and other wealthy investors pay much lower tax rates than many American families.
Natural Gas’s Climate Impact
In November of 2016, the amount of American electricity generated by coal fell below 30 percent for the first time in 45 years. That continued a downward trend in America’s consumption of coal that began in 2007.
Civilians Killed by US strikes
No one, not even the United States government, knows how many civilians it has killed during the so-called war on terror. Since absolute numbers are elusive, I’ve provided as clear a picture as I can provide. The resources linked to in this post contain a wealth of information on the number of civilians killed by… Continue reading Civilians Killed by US strikes
Lunch Shaming
New Mexico has become the first state in the country to outlaw so-called lunch shaming. Lunch shaming is the name given to the different ways schools have humiliated children with unpaid lunch bills in an attempt to get parents to pay the bill.
Health Insurance Across State Lines
Since 2011, five states, Georgia, Rhode Island, Maine, Kentucky, and Wyoming have passed laws allowing insurance companies to sell insurance plans in their states. Georgia’s law has been in affect since 2011. As of this writing, no policy has been sold under those state laws.