Gastonia, NC The clause is real. The timing is the tell. But before anybody builds an argument on the timing, somebody in this Forum should read the actual list, because the version circulating in conservative media is not the version on the White House website. There was no last-day volume. The volume came in December … Continue reading Was the last-day clemency a legitimate use of a president’s most personal constitutional power, or a package timed so the incoming administration could not answer in the same office?
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Do Elon Musk’s federal contracts and regulatory exposure disqualify him from directing efficiency policy, or is that a manageable conflict if the scope is disclosed?
Gastonia, NC Everybody in this argument is debating a recusal wall. Before you can build one you have to know which law is doing the building, and right now the answer is none. The federal conflict-of-interest statute reaches officers and employees of the executive branch. That is the whole of its coverage. It criminalises participating … Continue reading Do Elon Musk’s federal contracts and regulatory exposure disqualify him from directing efficiency policy, or is that a manageable conflict if the scope is disclosed?
