Month: June 2009

Raw Presidential Power to Remove Senate-Confirmed Gerald Walpin

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 15, 2009
Categories In Const Law Issues, Executive Branch

This is one of several articles noting that President Obama, “exercising [his] powers as President,” removed Senate-confirmed Inspector General Gerald Walpin of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Walpin had been criticized for the way he handled an investigation into Kevin Johnson, former point guard of the Phoenix Suns, who was elected Mayor of […]

The Wild West of Online Political Ads?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 15, 2009
Categories In FEC

This AP story discusses Sen. Reid’s internet ads. Reid’s ads appear as a series of sponsored links on the search engine. When a Nevada user searches for some selected key topics — Harry Reid, campaign or gun, for example — the ads appear on the right-hand side of the screen, a column designated for paid […]