Because Democracy is Not Free — we all have to work at it
What a fabulous Christmas this has been. On December 21, I gave the Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Justice (DOJ) their present — a summary judgment motion to close the case without a trial and decide in my favor. AUSA Melanie Proctor then demonstrated her delight over my gift by filing a “request” [...]
By now, readers know that rules in real court get warped in fake court. There’s a special case at MSPB that permits an administrative judge to rule against you just because they don’t like your clothes, your face or the tone of your voice. Well — that’s not exactly true, but that’s how MSPB interprets it. The [...]
MSPB appellants working solely with nondiscrimnatory issues have just one appeal right after a failed Petition for Review in front of the three-member board. It’s the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, or more commonly: Federal Circuit. It has been described by one comment to the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary as “a failed [...]
I think we’re at the edge of a publishing revolution. The newspapers got hit first — subscriptions dropped and advertising plummeted. For books, the Amazon Kindle was born. Sony countered with its more open platform Reader Digital Book. I’m usually among the first to get my tech toys, but I have neither. I have downloaed [...]
A quick laugh from recent news: An Associated Press article published yesterday began: President Barack Obama, in an interview that aired Sunday, gave himself “a good solid B-plus” grade for his first year in office. To which an astute commenter replied: See, Bush was doing SO much better than Obama because at this point in Bush’s Presidency, [...]
In an earlier post, I alluded to a situation in which a federal whistleblower case could end up in district court when combined with a discrimination issue. On this subject, dear friend Mary Dryovage is an expert attorney. Her work and subsequent appeals in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals leave no question that in [...]
Note to government employees, there’s an item in your Acrobat Professional package. It’s labeled “redaction.” That’s the feature you use to redact information, and not the little drawing boxes because then anyone and I mean anyone, can “copy all,” and then read what you covered. Need a good laugh? Gawker has one. [T]he Transportation Security [...]
What exactly is a Vaughn Index? According to Scott A. Hoades of Law and Technology Resources for Legal Professionals, it is what “agencies prepare to justify any FOIA withholdings they have made.” The name comes from the landmark case it was patterned after, Vaughn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir. 1973). Why is it [...]