12-08-2024, 05:49 AM
Gwkx Editorial: Voters Should Choose Obama
The Department of Justice will no longer issue guidance documents that cement new regulatory requirements or change current law, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Friday at the Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention in Washington, D.C., and in a new memo. The Department of Justice is duty-bound to defend laws as they are written, Sessions said at the Federalist Society event, describing his broad intent to stick only to the laws Congress has passed.Inthe past, the DOJ and other federal agencies have blurred the distinction between regulations and guidance documents. Sessions hopes to clear that up by no longer issuing any such DOJ documents that could create new rights or obligations, beyond what is prescribed by law. Sessions Regulatory Reform Task Force, led by Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, will also review existing DOJ documents to see if they need to be rescinded or modified. It has come to my attention that the department has in the past published guidance documents mdash; or similar instruments of future effect by other names, such as letters to regulated entities mdash; that effectively bind private parties without undergoing the rule-making process, Sessions sa stanley thermos mug id in the memo. The department will no longer engage in stanley mug this practice stanley kubek . Effective immediately, department components may not issue guidance documents that purport to create rights or obligations binding on persons or entities outside the ex Zfha Obama to Vote on Wiretaps; Critics Say He s Flip-Flopped on the Issue
Interesting numbers from Scott Rasmussen. The generic vote for Congress since the election shows much smaller margins for the Democrats than they enjoyed before the election. Are voters saying, Hey, now that we see how many Democrats there are in Congress, we re not sure we want any more If so, that buttresses a finding in Rasmussen s poll on the Georgia Senate runoff between incumben stanley cup t Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin. Rasmussen shows Chambliss ahead by 50 percent to 46 percent which was actually the round stanley cup price ed off percentages in the November 4 election, with Chambliss barely under the 50 percent mark . In addition, 52 percent including 9 percent of Martin voters say they re less likely to vote for Martin if it will give Democrats 60 seats in the Senate. Only 38 percent say they are more likely. This suggests that Chambliss stands to do better a if the Minnesota race is decided for Democrat Al Franken on or before December 2 or b if the Minnesota winner is undetermined December 2 than c if Republican Norm Coleman is declared the winner by that time. Since it seems like the Minnesota race will not be decided until well after December 2, it looks like the don t-let-them-get-60 argument will help Chambliss.Another interesting result from Rasm stanley water bottle ussen: By a 48 percent-to-35 percent margin, voters say it s better for a big company like GM to go bankrupt rather than for the government to subsidize such companies. I m not sure you can regard opinion on such h
The Department of Justice will no longer issue guidance documents that cement new regulatory requirements or change current law, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Friday at the Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention in Washington, D.C., and in a new memo. The Department of Justice is duty-bound to defend laws as they are written, Sessions said at the Federalist Society event, describing his broad intent to stick only to the laws Congress has passed.Inthe past, the DOJ and other federal agencies have blurred the distinction between regulations and guidance documents. Sessions hopes to clear that up by no longer issuing any such DOJ documents that could create new rights or obligations, beyond what is prescribed by law. Sessions Regulatory Reform Task Force, led by Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, will also review existing DOJ documents to see if they need to be rescinded or modified. It has come to my attention that the department has in the past published guidance documents mdash; or similar instruments of future effect by other names, such as letters to regulated entities mdash; that effectively bind private parties without undergoing the rule-making process, Sessions sa stanley thermos mug id in the memo. The department will no longer engage in stanley mug this practice stanley kubek . Effective immediately, department components may not issue guidance documents that purport to create rights or obligations binding on persons or entities outside the ex Zfha Obama to Vote on Wiretaps; Critics Say He s Flip-Flopped on the Issue
Interesting numbers from Scott Rasmussen. The generic vote for Congress since the election shows much smaller margins for the Democrats than they enjoyed before the election. Are voters saying, Hey, now that we see how many Democrats there are in Congress, we re not sure we want any more If so, that buttresses a finding in Rasmussen s poll on the Georgia Senate runoff between incumben stanley cup t Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin. Rasmussen shows Chambliss ahead by 50 percent to 46 percent which was actually the round stanley cup price ed off percentages in the November 4 election, with Chambliss barely under the 50 percent mark . In addition, 52 percent including 9 percent of Martin voters say they re less likely to vote for Martin if it will give Democrats 60 seats in the Senate. Only 38 percent say they are more likely. This suggests that Chambliss stands to do better a if the Minnesota race is decided for Democrat Al Franken on or before December 2 or b if the Minnesota winner is undetermined December 2 than c if Republican Norm Coleman is declared the winner by that time. Since it seems like the Minnesota race will not be decided until well after December 2, it looks like the don t-let-them-get-60 argument will help Chambliss.Another interesting result from Rasm stanley water bottle ussen: By a 48 percent-to-35 percent margin, voters say it s better for a big company like GM to go bankrupt rather than for the government to subsidize such companies. I m not sure you can regard opinion on such h