The Post discusses “secret holds.” Wasn’t the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA) aimed at stopping secret holds? What went wrong? (That’s sarcasm, which is always dangerous on the internet.) In 2007, we reported the happy news that, with the new ethics and lobbying law, “those who place holds on legislation must […]
Day: May 10, 2010
It’s Kagan
President Obama is expected to nominate Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court today. When Ms. Kagan became United States solicitor general, the federal government’s top appellate lawyer, in March 2009, she had argued no cases in the United States Supreme Court and had, indeed, just recently become a member of its bar. Six months later, […]