Tag: congressional oversight
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DOJ’s Stonewalling Defeats House Impeachment Committees
by William L. Kovacs, ©2024 (Aug. 29, 2024) — The report by the House Impeachment Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Judiciary, and Ways and Means recognizes that the DOJ’s stonewalling efforts secured another victory over Congress and the rule of law. It is unacceptable that Congress accepts administration after administration refusing to provide the documents…
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Government Transparency Should not be Controversial
by Duggan Flanakin, ©2020 (Nov. 22, 2020) — Ballot harvesting, behind-the-curtains ballot counting and other hijinks have made transparency a critical issue this election year. Meanwhile, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency celebrates its fiftieth birthday, political battles continue to rage over the extent of public, executive and congressional oversight, and access to research files, original…
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America – Dictatorship by Bureaucracy
“IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2014, President, NARLO (Jun. 8, 2014) — “It doesn’t always take guns and chains to enslave people. It just takes a zillion unconstitutional laws and a bureaucracy to enforce them, to which the people blindly comply without resistance.” — Ron Ewart Government, at least in what is…