Tag Archives: Department of Justice
Scary Ethics Theater: The Strange Case of the Freedom of DISinformation Act!
This Halloween night we ask the scary question, “When is it ethical to be unethical?” For the chilling answer, we must enter the mysterious lair of Eric Holder’s Justice Department!!! Continue reading
White House Mendacity on Libya
The Obama Administration’s argument that the Resolution doesn’t apply isn’t even legalistic nonsense—it’s just dishonest nonsense of the kind that the President of the United Sates should not indulge in, to Congress, to the media, to the public, to anyone. Continue reading
The John Edwards Indictment
Cornell law professor Michael Dorf bucks the popular trend of arguing that the prosecution of John Edwards for campaign fundraising violations is based on a weak legal case. Continue reading
Ethics Dunces: Joe Klein and Chris Matthews
It was inevitable that the Chris Matthews Show would allow Joe Klein’s ethical blindness to reach full flower. The topic: the prosecution of John Edwards, serial cad. Continue reading
The Teacher’s Pilgrimage
Sorry, Ms. Kahn…three weeks off in the middle of a school year is not a reasonable request. Continue reading
Obama’s Quality of Mercy: Strained
President Obama finally pardoned somebody who wasn’t a turkey last week, but not before he became slowest Democratic president in U.S. history to use Article II of the Constitution to right a judicial wrong or just exercise his power to demonstrate the ethical virtue of mercy. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, History, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, U.S. Society
The Ghailani Verdict Spin
The fact that some jurors are unfit for the duty of enforcing the rule of law is a weakness in our system. Accept it, embrace it, admit it…but don’t lie about it. Continue reading
Obama’s Halftime Pardon Score: Turkeys 2, Human Beings 0
As of last Wednesday, President Obama has pardoned more turkeys than human beings. He has continued the cutesy presidential tradition of bestowing a presidential pardon on a turkey destined for the Thanksgiving table each November of his two years in office, but is approaching a record for the most days in office before finding a U.S. citizen equally worthy of mercy and forgiveness. Continue reading
Ethics Quote of the Week: Prof. Monroe Freedman
It is hard to conclude that Blago isn’t a slimeball, but lawyers are ethically obligated to be fair to slimeballs, and the Constitution guarantees their rights as much as yours or mine. Continue reading
The Justice Department’s Voter Intimidation Cover-Up: The Blue Line Breaks
Racially biased enforcement of the laws protecting a citizen’s right to vote should be a concern to all Americans, white or black, Democrat or Republican, Right or Left. The fact that much of our news media takes a week to accept that fact should concern all Americans as well. Continue reading
