By Robert Romano Gina McCarthy appears to be cruising for confirmation as the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with a key opponent throwing in the towel on blocking her nomination with a filibuster. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) on July 9 in a statement indicated he had reached agreement with the agency on several items […]

By Robert Romano Is this the beginning of the end of the filibuster? If Senate Republicans object to a series of upcoming nominations this month, “Democrats plan to threaten to use the impasse to change the Senate rules,” eliminating the filibuster, reports the New York Times . The pending nominations include the […]

By Robert Romano 237 years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the 13 colonies to affirm that governments are constituted to secure natural, individual rights and that they “deriv[e] their just powers from the consent of the governed.” And, that “whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of […]

Americans for Limited Government Vice President of Public Policy and Communications Rick Manning today commented on documents obtained by Judicial Watch via the Freedom of Information Act from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau revealing a massive credit file data collection program on some 5 million Americans without their consent, including credit scores, purchases, ZIP code, year of birth, and a “persistent consumer identifier making it possible to follow consumers over time”: “The discovery that the […]

By Adam Bitely — It is no secret that since Obama has become president that the powers of the federal government have continued to expand at a very fast pace. From increasing government intervention in health care to harmful regulations that harm job creation, the […]

Americans for Limited Government (ALG) has submitted a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking it to investigate the attorneys who provided the legal justification for Barack Obama’s unconstitutional recess appointments . The complaint – submitted to the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) – requests that Assistant Attorney General Virginia A. Seitz and other attorneys at the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) be investigated for their roles in drafting […]

RE: On January 4, President Obama purported to appoint three individuals to be members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) (two of whom were only nominated two weeks before and had not even completed the necessary questionnaire required by Senate) and one person to […]

By Robert Romano and Rick Manning   — Americans for Limited Government released this morning an Amicus Curiae brief by the late Senator Ted Kennedy from 2004 where he argued against the validity of the appointment of Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. to the federal bench in a recess appointment. The discovery of the Kennedy legal brief is particularly significant […]

By Bill Wilson — There’s a first time for everything. On Jan. 4, Barack Obama made four recess appointments: Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Sharon Block, Terence Flynn, and Richard Griffin to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In itself, that’s not unusual.  […]

The appointment of Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , and all acts he may take while in his post, are not worth the paper they are printed on.  Barack Obama has rammed through a phony ‘recess’ appointment when there is no recess, and now he borders on being a tyrant.  Obama cannot […]