Author Archive | John Elwood

Because of growing controversy over the firing of AmeriCorps IG Gerald Walpin, the White House has proffered additional reasons (some might say “reasons”) why the President had lost confidence in him. After Senator Claire McCaskill (D. Mo.) expressed

So President Obama has given notice that he’s firing Gerald Walpin, the Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which operates “AmeriCorps.” Walpin, in the midst of a “noisy departure” from his post, alleges that he was fired for sniffing out wrongdoing of a politically connected former NBA player who has gone […]

Thanks to all the commenters for their discussion in the comments thread. Commenters raised two items I thought warranted brief follow-up. First, one commenter said that the ABA had condemned President Obama’s signing statements in a March 12, 2009 item in the ABA Journal. I don’t wish to belabor this subject, because my point in […]

I’m sure it’s only a matter of time until the ABA denounces as “contrary to the rule of law and our constitutional system of separation of powers” President Obama’s use of signing statements to voice constitutional concerns about legislation he signs into law. See ABA Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements and the Separation of […]