Senator Evan Bayh, Democrat of Indiana, shocked his home state and the Democrat party today by announcing he will not run for reelection. This is bad news for Democrats who counted that as a safe seat in what is otherwise a generally red state. Senator Bayh has a sizable war chest and was favored to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 15, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Monday, February 15, and as the 3rd Monday in February it is also Presidents Day. For those of you not fortunate enough to have a three day weekend, let’s take a look at Friday’s news… Tipsters tell us that Hawkins & Parnell is opening in Austin… Colson Hicks is opening in Washingtonwith the help of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Senate voted on a cloture motion yesterday, ending debate on the appointment of Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit. An up or down confirmation vote will happen in the next day or two, and will likely succeed. Although Hamilton was President Obama’s first judicial nominee, he has not yet been confirmed and Senator [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Former Republican Virginia Senator John Warner has rejoined Hogan & Hartson’s Washington, DC office as a partner, 37 years after he left the firm. Warner, who retired from the Senate after finishing his fifth term last year, will work in the firm’s international practice. Warner will focus on climate change, government contracts, and defense issues. Warner will [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Former Oregon Senator Gordon Smith is returning to Washington, DC, where he will join Covington & Burling and focus on international trade and foreign relations. Smith, 56, a Republican who lost a bid for a third term to Democrat Jeff Merkley, is barred from lobbying his former colleagues for two years, but can offer strategic advice [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 27, 2009
The US House of Representatives voted this week for a $410 billion spending plan to keep the federal government running through September. The plan includes a cost-of-living adjustment for the federal judiciary for the 2009 calendar year. According to the Administrative Office of the US Courts, the proposal would give judges a 2.8% pay increase retroactive [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Political commentators and legal experts are debating the qualifications of Caroline Bouvier Kennedy to fill the role of US Senator from New York. (Hillary Clinton is vacating her seat to serve as Secretary of State.) Kennedy, a graduate of Columbia Law School, is the only surviving daughter of John and Jackie Kennedy. According to Wikipedia: Kennedy graduated [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Via The New York Times, a transcript of the Justice Department news briefing regarding the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The juicy bits, from Patrick Fitzgerald, US attorney general for the Northern District of Illinois: Governor Blagojevich has taken us to a truly new low. [He] has been arrested in the middle of what we can only describe as a political corruption [...]
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Monday, February 15, 2010
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