http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/obama-doj-forces-ark-university-to-biological-male-into-female-restrooms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/obama-doj-forces-ark-university-to-biological-male-into-female-restrooms/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:13:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134624 Breitbart: The Obama Department of Justice has reportedly ordered the University of Arkansas at Ft. Smith (UAFS) to allow a male student to use women’s bathrooms on campus. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/obama-doj-forces-ark-university-to-biological-male-into-female-restrooms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/obama-may-stay-clear-of-court-fight-over-prop-8-san-francisco-chronicle/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/obama-may-stay-clear-of-court-fight-over-prop-8-san-francisco-chronicle/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 15:39:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134169 San Francisco Chronicle: In fact, when he said the federal government should leave marriage to the states, he may have signaled that he's staying out of the case. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/obama-may-stay-clear-of-court-fight-over-prop-8-san-francisco-chronicle/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/doj-actively-working-to-see-doma-overturned/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/doj-actively-working-to-see-doma-overturned/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:05:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133893 Baptist Press: "Everybody thought they were taking a neutral stance. They did not indicate they were going to actively attack its constitutionality," Dale Schowengerdt, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, told Baptist Press. ADF, a Christian legal group, has worked to defend the law . . . Technically, the Justice Department is involved only in lawsuits that challenge Section 3 of DOMA -- the section that prevents the federal government from recognizing gay "marriage." But the legal arguments the Justice Department is making easily could be applied to all of DOMA, including the section that protects states, Schowengerdt said. President Obama, meanwhile, is supporting a bill in Congress that would overturn all of DOMA. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/doj-actively-working-to-see-doma-overturned/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/az-sheriff-joe-responds-to-doj-lawsuit-racial-profiling-or-obama-coverup/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/az-sheriff-joe-responds-to-doj-lawsuit-racial-profiling-or-obama-coverup/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:32:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133662 WorldNetDaily: WND previously reported the attacks on Arpaio suggested White House coordination in an effort to remove from him from office or discredit him before his investigation uncovers more about Obama’s past. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/az-sheriff-joe-responds-to-doj-lawsuit-racial-profiling-or-obama-coverup/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/jonathan-adler-president-says-leave-marriage-to-states-while-arguing-it-violates-federal-equal-protection/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/jonathan-adler-president-says-leave-marriage-to-states-while-arguing-it-violates-federal-equal-protection/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 18:25:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133457 The Volokh Conspiracy: Yet if DOMA is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause, then how could any state law barring recognition of same-sex marriages survive constitutional scrutiny? In other words, while the President says he believes that states should be allowed to reach “different conclusions at different times” on the question of same-sex marriage, the administration’s legal position is that a state’s refusal to treat opposite-sex and same-sex couples alike is unconstitutional. So while the President may say he’d like to leave this question to the states, that’s an option his administration has already taken off the table. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/jonathan-adler-president-says-leave-marriage-to-states-while-arguing-it-violates-federal-equal-protection/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/justice-dept-plans-to-sue-arizona-sheriff-arpaio-for-alleged-racial-profiling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/justice-dept-plans-to-sue-arizona-sheriff-arpaio-for-alleged-racial-profiling/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:58:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133381 AP: Federal authorities have said they plan to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office over allegations of civil rights violations, including the racial profiling of Latinos. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/justice-dept-plans-to-sue-arizona-sheriff-arpaio-for-alleged-racial-profiling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/rep-issa-circulates-contempt-resolution-against-ag-eric-holder/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/rep-issa-circulates-contempt-resolution-against-ag-eric-holder/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 16:16:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132790 The Hill: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has circulated a draft copy of a resolution that would hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/rep-issa-circulates-contempt-resolution-against-ag-eric-holder/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adult-film-producer-convicted-in-obscenity-trial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adult-film-producer-convicted-in-obscenity-trial/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:07:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132420 AP: An adult film producer was convicted Friday of violating federal obscenity laws by selling movies depicting bestiality and extreme fetishes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adult-film-producer-convicted-in-obscenity-trial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/lawmakers-move-toward-citing-holder-for-contempt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/lawmakers-move-toward-citing-holder-for-contempt/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:00:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132384 Boston Globe: A House Committee is preparing a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder as it applies pressure for more documents from a flawed gun-tracking operation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/lawmakers-move-toward-citing-holder-for-contempt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/chief-justice-roberts-%e2%80%9cit-seems-to-me-the-federal-government-just-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-to-know-who%e2%80%99s-here-illegally/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/chief-justice-roberts-%e2%80%9cit-seems-to-me-the-federal-government-just-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-to-know-who%e2%80%99s-here-illegally/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:23:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132122 Washington Times: “It seems to me the federal government just doesn’t want to know who’s here illegally,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said at one point. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/chief-justice-roberts-%e2%80%9cit-seems-to-me-the-federal-government-just-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-to-know-who%e2%80%99s-here-illegally/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/high-court-seems-favorable-to-arizona-immigration-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/high-court-seems-favorable-to-arizona-immigration-law/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:41:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132079 The Hill: The ideologically diverse group of justices pummeled Solicitor General Donald Verrilli with a morning full of questions, expressing serious doubts to the government’s claim that Arizona cannot require state law enforcement officials to verify a person’s legal status when they’re stopped on suspicion of committing a separate offense. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/high-court-seems-favorable-to-arizona-immigration-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/9th-circuit-rejects-doj-request-for-expedited-en-banc-review-in-marriage-litigation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/9th-circuit-rejects-doj-request-for-expedited-en-banc-review-in-marriage-litigation/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:56:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130929 SCOTUS Blog: Raising new uncertainty about how fast one of the major test cases on same-sex marriage will move, the Ninth Circuit Court on Wednesday delayed for the time being any action on the Obama Administration’s plea for an immediate referral of that case to a full 11-judge bench of that appeals court. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/12/9th-circuit-rejects-doj-request-for-expedited-en-banc-review-in-marriage-litigation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/dale-schowengerdt-the-administration%e2%80%99s-abdication-on-doma/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/dale-schowengerdt-the-administration%e2%80%99s-abdication-on-doma/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:42:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130666 Dale Schowengerdt at National Review Online: It’s hard to describe how odd it is to hear a Department of Justice lawyer argue in court that a law passed by Congress should be struck down as unconstitutional. It is, after all, the DOJ’s job to defend laws passed by Congress. But as I sat at the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on Wednesday listening to the appellate arguments for the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) cases, that’s exactly what I heard for 20 minutes from the DOJ lawyer. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/dale-schowengerdt-the-administration%e2%80%99s-abdication-on-doma/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/voter-fraud-video-demonstration-young-man-offered-eric-holders-ballot/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/voter-fraud-video-demonstration-young-man-offered-eric-holders-ballot/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:02:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130627 Breitbart (video): In a new video provided to Breitbart.com, James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas demonstrates why Holder should stop attacking voter ID laws--by walking into Holder’s voting precinct and showing the world that anyone can obtain Eric Holder’s primary ballot. Literally. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/voter-fraud-video-demonstration-young-man-offered-eric-holders-ballot/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/attorney-general-files-letter-brief-on-judicial-review-in-response-to-fifth-circuit-order/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/attorney-general-files-letter-brief-on-judicial-review-in-response-to-fifth-circuit-order/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:00:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130573 Volokh Conspiracy: The letter is here . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/attorney-general-files-letter-brief-on-judicial-review-in-response-to-fifth-circuit-order/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/holder-justice-department-will-respond-to-judge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/holder-justice-department-will-respond-to-judge/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:21:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130441 AP: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the Justice Department will respond "appropriately" to a federal appellate judge in Texas who demanded a letter recognizing the authority of the federal courts to strike down laws passed by Congress. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/holder-justice-department-will-respond-to-judge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/robert-reich-were-turning-america-into-a-giant-casino/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/robert-reich-were-turning-america-into-a-giant-casino/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:24:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130351 Christian Science Monitor: Organized gambling is a scam. And it particularly preys upon people with lower incomes – who assume they can’t make it big any other way, who often find it hardest to assess the odds, and whose families can least afford to lose the money. Yet with new, relaxed gambling laws, America is now opening the floodgates. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/robert-reich-were-turning-america-into-a-giant-casino/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/department-of-justice-drops-appeal-and-pays-pro-life-sidewalk-counselor/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/department-of-justice-drops-appeal-and-pays-pro-life-sidewalk-counselor/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:08:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130113 Liberty Counsel: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped its appeal in Holder v. Pine against pro-life sidewalk counselor Mary “Susan” Pine, who is represented by Liberty Counsel. The DOJ has agreed to pay $120,000 for this improper lawsuit. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/department-of-justice-drops-appeal-and-pays-pro-life-sidewalk-counselor/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/doj-asks-9th-circuit-to-bypass-panel-review-in-doma-challenge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/doj-asks-9th-circuit-to-bypass-panel-review-in-doma-challenge/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:03:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129667 San Francisco Chronicle: But Obama's Justice Department asked the full appeals court Monday to bypass the customary three judges and convene an 11-judge panel. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/doj-asks-9th-circuit-to-bypass-panel-review-in-doma-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/u-s-department-of-justice-drops-%e2%80%9cface%e2%80%9d-lawsuit-against-denver-pro-lifer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/u-s-department-of-justice-drops-%e2%80%9cface%e2%80%9d-lawsuit-against-denver-pro-lifer/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:18:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129382 Thomas More Society: Today, Thomas More Society attorneys secured agreement from the U.S. Attorney General’s office to dismiss all of the civil charges pending against Denver pro-life advocate Kenneth Scott, who had been accused of physically obstructing clients and employees of the Planned Parenthood of theRocky Mountains abortion facility. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/u-s-department-of-justice-drops-%e2%80%9cface%e2%80%9d-lawsuit-against-denver-pro-lifer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/ron-paul-demolishing-due-process/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/ron-paul-demolishing-due-process/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:53:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129113 Paul.House.Gov: In what history likely will record as a turning point, Attorney General Holder bluntly explained that this administration believes it has the authority to use lethal force against Americans if the President determines them to be a threat to the nation. He tells us that this is not a violation of the due process requirements of our Constitution because the President himself embodies "due process" as he unilaterally determines who is to be targeted. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/ron-paul-demolishing-due-process/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/justice-department-hails-minnesota-school-bullying-settlement-as-model-for-schools-across-us/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/justice-department-hails-minnesota-school-bullying-settlement-as-model-for-schools-across-us/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:56:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127944 n Post: A settlement with Minnesota’s largest school district over the harassment and bullying of students who are gay, or perceived to be gay, should serve as a model for other schools in the U.S., federal officials said Tuesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/justice-department-hails-minnesota-school-bullying-settlement-as-model-for-schools-across-us/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/house-republicans-threaten-ag-holder-with-criminal-contempt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/house-republicans-threaten-ag-holder-with-criminal-contempt/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:54:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127147 MySanAntonio.com: House Republicans threatened Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. with a criminal contempt of Congress citation Thursday, alleging the Department of Justice has refused for a year to turn over key documents in lawmakers' investigation of the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking op ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/house-republicans-threaten-ag-holder-with-criminal-contempt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/attorney-general-holder-names-tony-west-third-in-command-at-doj/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/attorney-general-holder-names-tony-west-third-in-command-at-doj/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:00:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127034 Blog of the Legal Times: Tony West, who has led the Justice Department's Civil Division since April 2009, was named today acting associate attorney general. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/attorney-general-holder-names-tony-west-third-in-command-at-doj/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/doj-indicates-denying-same-sex-couples-military-benefits-is-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/doj-indicates-denying-same-sex-couples-military-benefits-is-unconstitutional/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:57:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126156 Jurist: US Attorney General Eric Holder [DOJ profile] sent a letter [text] Friday to Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) [official profile] stating that the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] has decided that denying same-sex couples military and veterans benefits violates the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment [text] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/doj-indicates-denying-same-sex-couples-military-benefits-is-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/ma-judge-dismisses-charges-against-peaceful-pro-life-activist-allegedly-beaten-by-police/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/ma-judge-dismisses-charges-against-peaceful-pro-life-activist-allegedly-beaten-by-police/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:50:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125811 LifeSiteNews.com: “Ever since Barack Obama came into office there has been an aggressive effort to undermine peaceful pro-life activity by casting pro-life activists as terrorists,” Scheidler said. “We’ve seen the Department of Homeland Security listing pro-lifers as potential terrorists. We’ve seen special meetings between the FBI and pro-abortion groups.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/ma-judge-dismisses-charges-against-peaceful-pro-life-activist-allegedly-beaten-by-police/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/south-carolina-sues-justice-department-over-voter-id-law-block/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/south-carolina-sues-justice-department-over-voter-id-law-block/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:10:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124925 Bloomberg: South Carolina sued the U.S. Justice Department over its decision to block a law requiring voters to show photo identification at polls, the state’s attorney general said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/south-carolina-sues-justice-department-over-voter-id-law-block/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/matt-bowman-obamas-doj-targets-pro-life-free-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/matt-bowman-obamas-doj-targets-pro-life-free-speech/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:24:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123755 Christian Post: In one of the lesser-known manipulations of U.S. law to advance the pro-abortion agenda, the President's Department of Justice has for several years been availing itself of a statute originally written to stop violence to instead seek massive fines and injunctions against peaceful pro-life advocates who offer alternatives to women on public sidewalks. But this politicization of the law in favor of abortion yielded a mixed record this week. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/matt-bowman-obamas-doj-targets-pro-life-free-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/south-carolina-to-sue-obama-administration-over-voter-id-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/south-carolina-to-sue-obama-administration-over-voter-id-law/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:05:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123390 Reuters: South Carolina will sue the administration of President Barack Obama over its rejection of the state's new requirement that voters provide a photo ID, Attorney General Alan Wilson said on Tuesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/south-carolina-to-sue-obama-administration-over-voter-id-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/judge-advances-obama-administration%e2%80%99s-case-against-elderly-pro-life-activist/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/judge-advances-obama-administration%e2%80%99s-case-against-elderly-pro-life-activist/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:34:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123257 LifeSiteNews.com: A federal judge has ruled that the Justice Department’s may proceed with its prosecution of a peaceful 80-year-old pro-life counselor. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/judge-advances-obama-administration%e2%80%99s-case-against-elderly-pro-life-activist/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/liberty-counsel-eric-holder%e2%80%99s-political-prosecution-of-pro-life-educator-thrown-out-of-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/liberty-counsel-eric-holder%e2%80%99s-political-prosecution-of-pro-life-educator-thrown-out-of-court/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:57:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123133 Liberty Counsel: Judge suspects conspiracy between Eric Holder’s DOJ and abortion clinic to violate pro-lifers’ First Amendment rights ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/16/liberty-counsel-eric-holder%e2%80%99s-political-prosecution-of-pro-life-educator-thrown-out-of-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/memo-lawfullness-of-recess-appointments-during-a-recess-of-the-senate-notwithstanding-periodic-pro-forma-sessions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/memo-lawfullness-of-recess-appointments-during-a-recess-of-the-senate-notwithstanding-periodic-pro-forma-sessions/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:09:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122814 DOJ: The convening of periodic pro forma sessions in which no business is to be conducted does not have the legal effect of interrupting an intrasession recess otherwise long enough to qualify as a "Recess of the Senate” under the Recess Appointments Clause. In this context, the President therefore has discretion to conclude that the Senate is unavailable to perform its advise-and-consent function and to exercise his power to make recess appointments. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/memo-lawfullness-of-recess-appointments-during-a-recess-of-the-senate-notwithstanding-periodic-pro-forma-sessions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/justice-memo-argues-obama-recess-appointments-were-legal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/justice-memo-argues-obama-recess-appointments-were-legal/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:51:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122810 TheHill.com: In a memo, Justice argued the pro-forma sessions held every third day in the Senate do not constitute a functioning body that can render advice and consent on the president’s nominees. It said the president acted consistently under the law by making the appointments. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/12/justice-memo-argues-obama-recess-appointments-were-legal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/bruce-ackerman-recess-appointments%e2%80%94release-the-legal-advice-wsj-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/bruce-ackerman-recess-appointments%e2%80%94release-the-legal-advice-wsj-com/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:21:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122620 WSJ: Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, writing for all eight Republican members on the Judiciary Committee, has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to elaborate the Justice Department's position on the key issues. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/11/bruce-ackerman-recess-appointments%e2%80%94release-the-legal-advice-wsj-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/obama-administration-defends-healthcare-law-in-supreme-court-brief/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/obama-administration-defends-healthcare-law-in-supreme-court-brief/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:01:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122290 The Hill: The arguments in Friday’s brief are largely similar to the approach the Justice Department has taken in lower courts. The brief says the mandate is an acceptable use of Congress’s taxing power and also defends the policy under the Constitution’s commerce clause. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/06/obama-administration-defends-healthcare-law-in-supreme-court-brief/feed/ 0