Category Archives: legislation and legislatures
Whelan Critique of Posner on Scalia on Textualism
Judge Posner Tour De Force Takes Down Justice Scalia’s Textualism
If you read one response to Justice Scalia’s new book (with Bryan Garner), read this devastating review in The New Republic.
Aside from the merits of the review, it seems to escalate an increasing public tension between Judge Posner and… Continue reading
‘Congressional Staff and the Revolving Door: The Impact of Regulatory Change’
Lee Drutman and Bruce Cain have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
We ask whether the 2007 Honest Leadership and Open Government Act lobbying regulations had the desired impact. We also develop and test a theory of… Continue reading
“‘Pop-up lobbying’ a new trend in convention influence peddling”
Isikoff: “The political conventions have always been open season for big money influence peddling. But this year, ever-creative Washington lobbyists have devised a nifty new technique to bypass pesky ethics rules that were supposed to bar them from throwing… Continue reading
Verified Voting Hires Lobbying Powerhouse Patton Boggs to Lobby on Voting Technology Integrity Issues
“In Congress’s Paralysis, a Mightier Supreme Court”
Adam Liptak’s new “Sidebar” column in the New York Times discusses a new paper of mine, End of the Dialogue? Political Polarization, the Supreme Court, and Congress. From the column:
This sort of back and forth works only if Congress… Continue reading
“House Rules on Employment Negotiations and Recusal: the Case of Representative Cardoza”
Michael Stern blogs.
“Rep. Dennis Cardoza was negotiating new job for weeks”
Politico: “Rep. Dennis Cardoza entered into serious negotiations for his new job with a California law firm two weeks before his sudden resignation from Congress, POLITICO has learned. Cardoza, who Tuesday said he was quitting Congress, filed paperwork with… Continue reading
“Telemarketers Get Higher Approval Rating Than U.S. Congress”
Bloomberg: “Stockbrokers receive higher public- approval marks than the U.S. Congress. So do telemarketers, health maintenance organizations and banks. Approval of Congress’s performance fell to 10 percent in August, tying a record low set in February, according to… Continue reading
“This Congress could be least productive since 1947”
USA Today: “Just 61 bills have become law to date in 2012 out of 3,914 bills that have been introduced by lawmakers, or less than 2% of all proposed laws, according to a USA TODAY analysis of records since… Continue reading
“Tom DeLay Registers to Lobby on Sex-Trafficking Issues”
Roll Call reports.
“Congressman Asks NPR For Documents About Its Use of Lobbyists in Congress”
The Daily Caller reports. (h/t Eric Brown)