Congress should put an end to in-house courts at the SEC
How would you feel if a police officer gave you a traffic ticket based on information he had received — and the same officer was sitting in robes at the judge’s bench when you went to court to contest the ticket? Do you think you’d get an open-minded and fair hearing? Some federal agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission have just such a system, though it’s now being criticized by courts and could be subj
Read MoreJudge asks DOJ to explain whether Meadows is immune from House Jan. 6 subpoena
A federal judge on Friday asked the Justice Department to explain its view on whether former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is immune from a congressional subpoena issued by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. The inquiry from U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols comes a little over three weeks after the department said it would not prosecute Meadows for contempt of Congress despite the House referring him for criminal charges for defying the select committee's subpoena. Nichols is presiding over a civil suit Meadows filed against the select comm
Read MoreAt least four House GOP lawmakers asked for pardons after Jan. 6
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Read MoreFilmmaker: Trump ‘irate,’ ‘depressed’ following Jan. 6
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Read MoreProtectionist buzzwords could ruin the World Trade Organization
The news out of Geneva last week was that the World Trade Organization (WTO) will live to see another day. That’s because the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) did enough to get members talking about the need to reconvene for MC13. The “deliverables” include a deal on fisheries, a declaration on food security and a waiver on intellectual property with respect to COVID-19 vaccines. There are many details still to be worked out. Several topics, like dispute settlem
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