Month: February 2009

Stevens Prosecution Team Replaced

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 17, 2009
Categories In Courts & Cases, Senate

The Politico has the news that the prosecution team in the Stevens case has been replaced. This comes after Judge Emmet Sullivan, who presided over the Stevens trial and continues to preside over post-conviction fights over the legitimacy of those proceedings, ruled that four DOJ lawyers, including Brenda Morris, chief prosecutor in the Stevens’ case, […]

EO 13490

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 17, 2009
Categories In Executive Branch

The Office of Government Ethics released this information on President Obama’s Executive Order 13490.

Pennsylvania Spending

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 16, 2009
Categories In Pennsylvania

The use of campaign funds for a European trip is the topic of this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story. Campaign money raised for local elections sometimes gets spent in unusual places — like Europe. Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato and Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl each spent money meant for electioneering on trips to Europe last winter, according […]