Law Librarian Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
On the WSJ Law Blog, Ashby Jones interviewed Kenneth R. Mayer, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin and author of With the Stroke of a Pen: Executive Orders and Presidential Power (Princeton UP, 2002) about executive orders....
California Progress Report (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
By Jim Metropulos Legislative Representative Sierra Club California On Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order calling on the state to streamline its renewable energy process, ideally making it easier to produce and sell renewable power. He also is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding among resources-protection...
Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
by Wolfgang Kerler | CommonDreams.org, Nov 18, 2008 NEW YORK - Shutting down the infamous detention centre at Guantanamo Bay is just one of a series of measures to reform U.S. counterterrorism practices being urged by the watchdog organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW). In a report released Sunday, the New York-based HRW urged President-elect Barack Obama to quickly repudiate the abusive policies put...
White House (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
WHEREAS, upon sunset of the Act, the Governor's Office of Administration ("OA") took immediate action to secure the 20 years of PHC4 data to ensure its integrity and to preserve confidentiality of the records in compliance with state and federal laws as well as in compliance with PHC4 contractual obligations and internal policies and protocols; and
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
President-elect Barack Obama's promise to rethink, reexamine and maybe even scrap some of Bush' executive orders was greeted with much joy by environmentalists, abortion...
SocraticGadfly (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Bush’s environmental hatred is so bad, and so deep, he’s going beyond using last-miuute executive orders, like Clinton’s roadless rule, and trying to convert political jobs in the Department of the Interior into civil service positions . That includes Robert D. Comer and Matthew McKeown. Comer, who was was regional solicitor for the Rocky Mountain area, was named to the civil service...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
When Barack Obama takes office on Jan. 20, he'll have the power to make unilateral changes to government policy by issuing executive ...
White House (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to establish and maintain a national air transportation system that meets the present and future civil aviation, homeland security, economic, environmental protection, and national defense needs of the...
Dude, Wake Up. (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13397 - CHURCH AS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCYNancy LevantJuly 25, 2006NewsWithViews. comThe separation of church and state - gone with the stroke of a pen. As of March 7, 2006, our nation’s leader signed another Executive Order, which tied the Department of Homeland Security to our leader’s “faith-based” churches. Okay, all you non-profit churches out there – you now serve the federal government’s...
A day in the life... (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
The first thing the new President will do is issue his executive orders. I'm not sure how these work but basically they end up being the law on several issues. One of the biggest ones is to revoke Bush's ban on stem cell research which is a huge opportunity for American science. I for one will be waiting to see what else he changes, its good to see the change beginning right on day 1....
Blevins Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Welcome to the second edition of Politics 101, an educational feature for children and adults alike who don’t know the basics of American politics. The Executive Branch consists of the US President, the US Vice-President and various executive department Presidential appointees (such as the Cabinet, diplomats, etc.). The US President serves as Head of State [...]
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
California utilities, already struggling to meet a law requiring more renewable energy, saw the bar raised even higher Monday. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order calling on utilities to provide one-third of their power from renewable resources by 2020. "This will be the most aggressive target in the nation," he said. Increased reliance on renewable energy conceivably...
The Republic of T. (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... right away, tho’. It’s already been reported that Obama’s transition is reviewing about 200 Bush executive orders that can be eighty-sixed toot sweet . He’s already said to be drafting a repeal of one Bush’s worse executive orders . Among a slew of executive orders Barack Obama is said to be drafting, observers believe one may lift a ban on US funding for...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
... policy , including: 1. Reduce the Federal Carbon Footprint The new President should issue an Executive Order requiring each federal agency to measure, report, and reduce its carbon footprint. Not only would the Executive Order have a meaningful impact on the federal government's carbon emissions, it could also lead to the creation of uniform, practical standards for measuring such...
