Jeh Johnson, 'Cool and Calm Leader,' Picked for DHS Post

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Jeh Johnson, 'Cool and Calm Leader,' Picked for DHS Post • Government Shutdown Hurt Employment, Economic Growth • Judge Rebuffs Constitutional Challenge to Consumer Agency • Senate to Vote on NLRB General Counsel • D.C. Divorce Lawyer Disbarred • Former Kansas AG Suspended for 'Overzealous Advocacy' Jeh Johnson, 'Cool and Calm Leader,' Picked for DHS Post Earlier this year, Jeh Johnson returned to private practice in Washington after serving as the top lawyer at the Pentagon. He took the podium today in the Rose Garden to describe why he could not refuse President Obama's nomination to... Read More » Government Shutdown Hurt Employment, Economic Growth Hiring took a hit in the United States during the federal government shutdown in October, with U.S. workers reporting job creation at its lowest level in seven months, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. An average of 35 percent... Read More » Judge Rebuffs Constitutional Challenge to Consumer Agency A federal judge in Washington has rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ruling that the question should be addressed in a pending enforcement matter the agency brought in California federal court. In an unusually... Read More » Senate to Vote on NLRB General Counsel The Senate will wade into the contentious area of the National Labor Relations Board again October 21, when a vote is scheduled on the nomination of Richard Griffin to serve as the agency's top lawyer. President Barack Obama nominated Griffin... Read More » D.C. Divorce Lawyer Disbarred Glenn Lewis, a one-time prominent member of the Washington-area divorce bar, was disbarred yesterday. The order comes several months after the Virginia State Bar stripped him of his law license. The Virginia disciplinary board found Lewis took fees from clients... Read More » Former Kansas AG Suspended for 'Overzealous Advocacy' Former Kansas Attorney General Phillip Kline lost his law license indefinitely on Friday after the Kansas Supreme Court found that he violated lawyer ethics rules in his prosecution of abortion providers. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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