Clarence and Ginny Thomas, the Go-To Folks for Liberty
…offense. What might be an impeachable offense, in my opinion, is Thomas’ failure to comply the disclosure statute; he lied on his disclosure statement, for at least six years, in…
…offense. What might be an impeachable offense, in my opinion, is Thomas’ failure to comply the disclosure statute; he lied on his disclosure statement, for at least six years, in…
…live. It’s an economics and politics post, one I wish I hadn’t had to write. *Full disclosure: I’ve known Peter Cannon for years; he edited both myself and my wife…
…narrowing of patent law (and their turf), under the banner of “innovation” and “public disclosure.” Innovation is not an inherent good in finance or tax, and there is little merit…
…voluntary disclosure and more have been identified for more serious penalty programs (including criminal prosecution). Each voluntary disclosure included full information about those who facilitated the offshoring–bankers’ names, other involved…
…I could be wrong, but I think they are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. After all, the information they contain concerns the activities of these organizations:…
…“selling” rights to its innovative IT developments to affiliated offshore entities (such as those in Ireland), and then claims that the profits from those US-based innovations are not US-income. In…
…two programs with online disclosure. This leaves only Delaware, Idaho, and Kansas as the only states with no online disclosure of their subsidy programs. Cross-posted from Middle Class Political Economist….
…case involving disclosure of the names of whistleblowers (in a case in which the criminal defendant requesting the disclosure was actually a sympathetic figure and was innocent). QUESTION: What do…
…the-Mercers-as-Trump-puppeteer, and what exactly that would mean—including but by no means limited to Supreme Court and lower-federal-bench appointees; NLRB appointees; Dodd-Frank-agency appointees; consumer-fraud-agency appointees (including, say, credit-card, bank-fee, mortgage-term-disclosure agency…
…children’s teachers to be decently paid and respected. (She hasn’t completed her ethics disclosure yet, but she did omit a $125,000 anit-union political donation from her Senate disclosure form. Not…