by Jane Richey | Feb 9, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Federal Aviation Administration has finally released a new drone authorization list. This list, released in response to EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, includes law enforcement agencies and universities across the country, and—for the first...
by Jane Richey | Feb 5, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The undated Department of Justice memo, titled “Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen who is a Senior Operation Leader of al Qaeda or An Associated Force,” was obtained by NBC News. The memo defines as legal drone attacks on U.S. citizens...
by Jane Richey | Nov 5, 2012 | Politics
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday that it is dispatching 780 department personnel and federal observers from the Office of Personnel Management to monitor Tuesday’s elections in 51 jurisdictions around the country–including Queens, N.Y. The...
by Jane Richey | Aug 21, 2012 | Voting Issues
From the Derrick: Corbett aide rebukes Justice Department over voter ID HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration is suggesting that a U.S. Department of Justice inquiry into Pennsylvania’s tough, new voter identification law is politically motivated,...
by Jane Richey | Jun 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Attorney General Eric Holder told the House Judiciary Committee Thursday that the Justice Department will “vigorously use” anti-Jim Crow provisions in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prevent some southern states from purging ineligible voters from their rolls and...