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NEWS ABOUT: separation of powers

separation of powers stories: 6 news summaries

Obama Skirts Accountability With Policy Czars: Hutchison

Rules are being bent to expand executive power, senator writes

Sep 13, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is using its many policy “czars” to skirt the accountability and transparency established by the founding fathers, writes Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Washington Post. The administration has an “unprecedented” 32 czar positions, and “unfortunately,” the senator from Texas writes, “virtually... More »

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Senate • czar • Kay Bailey Hutchison • transparency • separation of powers • President Obama • founding fathers • Van Jones

OPINION

 Blame Founding Fathers for Paralysis on Climate Change

Minority's outsize power prevents real change: Tomasky

Jun 29, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's narrow victory last week, when the House passed the climate change bill by just 7 votes, raises the question of why it's so tough to get change enacted even when the president is popular and his party has majorities in both houses of Congress. The problem Democrats face... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • Congress • Senate • US Constitution • Michael Tomasky • House Democrats • separation of powers • Waxman-Markey

Top Court Candidates Differ Widely
on Exec Power

New justice will be key to defining prez limits

May 25, 09 4:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most Supreme Court watchers say that Barack Obama's choice to succeed David Souter will change little, since the retiring justice was a reliable member of the court's liberal bloc. But on critical questions of presidential power, which Souter regularly sought to check, the new justice's vote could be crucial. Obama's... More »

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Barack Obama • president • executive power • US Supreme Court • Executive Branch • separation of powers • David Souter • Elena Kagan • Diane Wood

Calif. Supreme Court Hears Prop 8 Arguments

Court weighs constitutionality of ballot initiative, effect on couples married before the ban

Mar 5, 09 1:07 PM CST
(AP) - California Supreme Court justices heard arguments today on lawsuits seeking to overturn the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage as thousands demonstrated outside the San Francisco courthouse. Gay-rights advocates are urging the court to overturn Proposition 8 on the grounds it was put before voters improperly, or at least prematurely.... More »

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California • gay marriage • protests • California Supreme Court • separation of powers • Proposition 8 • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

 Make Lawsuits, 
 Not War, 
 Over OPEC Oil  

President, states have standing in attempt to cap gushing prices

Jun 19, 08 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s no question OPEC’s price-fixing is illegal under American law, a former Reagan and Bush I adviser writes in the New York Times—so why not sue the oil cartel? US states are permitted to seek relief against aliens, and a joint suit by several attorneys general would... More »

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OPEC • oil price • US Supreme Court • separation of powers

Supreme Court Stands Pat on FBI Raid of Rep's Office

Separation of powers violated, appeals ruled

Mar 31, 08 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court declined today to hear an appeal of a ruling that the FBI violated separation-of-powers law in a 2006 raid on the office of Rep. William Jefferson, the New York Times reports. Though the raid itself was not unconstitutional, an appeals court found, the FBI went too far... More »

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Congress • FBI • William Jefferson • bribery • corruption • House of Representatives • US Supreme Court • separation of powers • William Jefferson sentenced

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