Not to be missed:
- Some procurement reform advice. [Administrative Law Prof Blog]
- In the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc., Prof Michael Dorf talks about cost-benefit analysis and best-practices and performance standards in the new Administration. [FindLaw]
- State Rep. Julie Hamos (D-Evanston, Ill.) wants to run for Attorney General . . . if Illinois A.G. Lisa Madigan decides she wants to run for something else. Anyone heard of Madigan looking to run against Sen. Burris or Gov. Quinn? [The News-Gazette.com]
- Anne Gust, who married California A.G. Jerry Brown, was general counsel at Gap, Inc., previously, and now “is an unpaid special counsel in the state Justice Department. She is summoned to resolve complex legal wranglings and advise her husband on policy.“ Thoughts? [San Jose Mercury News]
- D.C. drama . . . in city government . . . out of the Dick Cheney playbook. WaPo: “Two D.C. Council probes into allegations of wrongdoing at city agencies were blocked yesterday when Attorney General Peter Nickles advised officials not to testify.” [The Washington Post]
- Finally, Good As You asks, “How can ‘not out’ = ‘Out’?” [Good As You]
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political editor at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, The American Prospect, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found
Re: the last link, Cooper at least never has claimed to be straight. Drudge has affirmatively stated that he is not gay.