The Senate confirmed Federal Communications Commission members Robert McDowell and Julius Genachowski yesterday, among nominees for others position across the government (scroll to June 25 calendar entry).
Day: June 26, 2009
Conyers Family Update
The Detroit Free Press reports that Rep. John Conyers’ wife pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery. Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers faces up to five years in prison. She has long been under suspicion in the Synagro Technologies bribery probe, not least because she had been a vocal opponent of the contract before […]
Obama DOJ OK’s Sec. of State Clinton’s Saxbe Fix
The Post updates interested parties on the Saxbe Fix here. As would be expected, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has given its stamp of approval to the constitutional dodge popularly known as the “Saxbe Fix.” This is a ploy used with increasing frequency to evade the Constitution’s seemingly explicit emoluments, or ineligibility, […]