HealthLawProf Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The LA Times has a write-up today about the Bush administrations proposed conscience rule and its breadth. David Savage explains, The outgoing Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new "right of conscience" rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses,...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Download | Play Download | Play On The Situation Room, while discussing some "implied criticism" (in Wolf's words) of the Bush administration from Barack Obama about his choice for AG Eric Holder -- who Obama says might actually adhere to the Constitution and that Hillary Clinton will restore America's diplomacy around the world -- panel members Dana Milbank and Gloria Borger let Wolf...
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | yesterday
Washington, DC - Sen. Tom Harkin wants the Bush administration to explain why the Agriprocessors slaughter plant in Postville was allowed to operate when it couldn’t pay for the livestock it was buying. Harkin, the Iowa Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, says it was clear by the middle of October that Agriprocessors [...]
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Los Angeles Times has a piece up this morning entitled Broader medical refusal rule may go far beyond abortion . The subheader for the piece is The Bush administration plans a new 'right of conscience' rule that would allow more workers to refuse more procedures. Critics say it could apply to artificial insemination and birth control. From the piece: The outgoing Bush administration...
Innisfree (Free subscription) | yesterday
Shocking. The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents. “Expect fallout, expect foreclosures,...
nandigramunited (Free subscription) | yesterday
Why Bush Can't Allow Habeas Corpus – And Why we Need to Leave Afghanistan http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php? az=view_all&address=389x4518606 The whole rationale for our war in Afghanistan probably would be exposed to the world as the farce that it is if the Bush administration allowed its "War on Terror" prisoners to use the writ of habeas corpus to challenge...
The Liberal Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | yesterday
Following my recent post on how the Bush administration is furiously working to leave behind as many destructive rules as possible, the New York Times zeroed in on their determination to allow businesses to endanger workers' health: The Labor Department is racing to complete a new rule, strenuously opposed by President-elect Barack Obama, that would make it much harder for the government...
Fergie's Tech Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Kravets writes on Threat Level : The Bush administration on Tuesday will try to convince a federal judge to let stand a law granting retroactive legal immunity to the nation's telecoms, which are accused of transmitting Americans' private communications to the National Security Agency without warrants. At issue in the high-stakes showdown — set to begin at 10:00 a.m. PST — are the...
The View From (Ab)Normal Heights (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Los Angeles Times has a piece up this morning entitled Broader medical refusal rule may go far beyond abortion. The subheader for the piece is The Bush administration plans a new ‘right of conscience’ rule that would allow more workers to refuse more procedures. Critics say it could apply to artificial insemination and birth [...]
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed.
AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
The nation's voters may have cast their ballots overwhelmingly for change Nov. 4, but the Bush administration's drive to weaken worker safety laws and reward its corporate friends is far from dead. In November , we reported on the Bush administration's last-minute assault on the public with a slew of end-of-term, no congressional-approval-needed regulations that could roll...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
In an analysis of the mortgage crisis , the Associated Press blames the collapse on a lack of regulatory crackdown from the Bush administration which was pressured away from regulation by mortgage industry lobbyists in 2005. Because the Bush administration is obviously the only political entity with regulatory authority in this matter. It’s not like Congress has banking...
Cnet (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
That was the question debated in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker on Tuesday. Lawyers with the U.S. Justice Department, who sought to persuade Walker to throw out lawsuits pending against the telecommunications companies, told him the government engages in a variety of activities designed to "protect the heartland." Those in the Bush administration have said the lawsuits...
Cnet (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
That was the question debated in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker on Tuesday. Lawyers with the U.S. Justice Department, who sought to convince Walker to throw out lawsuits pending against the telecommunications companies, told him the government engages in a variety of activities designed to "protect the heartland." Those in the Bush administration have said the lawsuits...
OMBWatch Blogs (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
As a parting gift to many of those who have stuck around during his tenure, President Bush yesterday issued an executive order stripping the collective bargaining rights of thousands of federal employees. RegWatch has been focusing on the regulations the Bush administration is expected to finalize before Jan. 20, but executive orders serve as another method for President Bush...
