President Biden has total authority to select replacements for top-level government positions. He should choose wisely.
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Posted inPolitics
The Trump Holdovers Biden Still Needs to Fire
If President Biden wants to keep making progress, he’s going to have to remove these officials.
Posted inPolitics
Even After the Cabinet Selections, Personnel Is Policy
Look to the sub-cabinet level for obscure but important jobs that will determine the direction of the Biden presidency.
Posted inBooks
How Biden Should Prosecute Corporate Crime
In top-to-bottom criminal justice reform, let’s not forget the top.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Merrick Garland Wants Former Facebook Lawyer to Top Antitrust Division
Susan Davies has spent much of the last decade working on behalf of major mergers and fending off antitrust enforcement.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Big Tech Critics Alarmed at Direction of Biden Antitrust Personnel
Renata Hesse, who has worked for Google and Amazon, is the leading candidate to run the Justice Department’s antitrust division.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Tries to Defund the Police on His Way Out
He also wants to cut money for global COVID vaccination.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Help! Trump Has Given Me Constitutional Amendmentitis
We need new limits on our chief executives. Let’s start with the pardon power.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Plague of Fascist Cops
The mob storming of the Capitol creates an opportunity and an urgency for federal authorities to crack down.
Posted inDay One Agenda
How Biden Can End Trump’s Macabre Execution Spree
The president-elect opposes capital punishment. If he can’t persuade Congress to abolish it, he can still commute the sentences of the federal prisoners on death row.