CGL's Charles Tiefer quoted and cited in New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg's complaint against Jim Jordan. The Manhattan district attorney on Tuesday sued Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio in an extraordinary step intended to keep congressional Republicans from interfering in the office’s criminal case against former President Donald J. Trump. "There hasn’t been a [...]
Charles Tiefer Quoted in NY Times Article - G.O.P. Demands on Prosecutor in Trump Case Test Limits of Oversight Power WASHINGTON — The demand by House Republicans for information from a local prosecutor in New York about his criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump is pushing an already escalating fight over the scope [...]
Charles Tiefer publishes expanded Holman Rule essay in The Conversation How the ‘Holman rule’ allows the House to fast-track proposals to gut government programs without debate or much thought at all. Link to full article
CGL's Charles Tiefer writes about the Holman Rule in the Los Angeles Times The slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives recently voted to give itself a streamlined way to fire civil servants and shut down federal programs it doesn’t like – outside the standard process of review and debate. The Holman Rule lets [...]
CGL Of Counsel Charles Tiefer writes in Forbes.com CGL Of Counsel Charles Tiefer writes in Forbes.com about the House majority’s efforts to require government employees to hire their own outside lawyers to represent them in upcoming “inquisitions.”
Charles Tiefer article on Forbes.com Charles Tiefer explains the “kamikaze” move that Speaker Kevin McCarthy may need to make in order to avoid a debt default on Forbes.com: Link to full article