A SFGate.com article by Harley Sorensen warning about the unbalanced power of presidential declarations of national emergencies referenced our web site.
Executive Order Press Coverage
A WorldNetDaily.com article quoted Bill Olson regarding executive power grab through national emergencies and executive orders.
“Unveiling Donor Lists Unpopular”
Bill Olson was quoted today by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette describing how a letter circulated by the Free Speech Coalition stalled momentum for a bill requiring the disclosure of contributors to nonprofit organizations.
New Postmaster General
Bill Olson was quoted today on trafficworld.com discussing the Postal Service’s new Postmaster General.
Bill Olson Appears on the O’Reilly Factor
Today, Bill Olson was a guest of Bill O’Reilly (The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News) to discuss President Clinton’s abuse of Executive Orders. He discussed the Separation of Powers issue, current states of national emergency, the Permanent Striker Replacement Executive Order (No. 12954), and the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument Proclamation (No. 6920 issued under the Antiquities Act
Free Speech Coalition
Human Events wrote an article about our work for The Free Speech Coalition.
More Executive Order Study Press Coverage
The Cato Institute study on executive orders, co-authored by Bill Olson, was quoted in this GovExec.com article “Conservatives Seek to Limit Executive Orders” by Michael Posner.
“Clinton’s Abuse of Executive Power”
Bill Olson and the study he co-authored, “Executive Orders and National Emergencies: How Presidents Have Come to ‘Run the Country’ by Usurping Legislative Power,” were mentioned in this Insight on the News article.
C-SPAN2 Video of Bill Olson’s Presentation at Free Speech Coalition Conference
In this video, Bill Olson presented at the Free Speech Coalition Conference on free speech issues covered by C-SPAN2.
“Deadline Nears for Legal Services Corporation”
Bill Olson is mentioned as a Ronald Reagan nominee to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
“Legal Aid Agency Limits Its Spending”
This New York Times article quotes Bill Olson as the newly named chairman of the board and one of seven new directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
Reagan’s Ruling Class: Portraits of the President’s Top One Hundred Officials
Bill Olson was appointed by President Reagan as a Member, and Chairman, of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation in December 1981. His service in the Reagan Administration was profiled in the book Reagan’s Ruling Class: Portraits of the President’s Top One Hundred Officials, by Ronald Brownstein and Nina Easton, published by the Public Accountability Group, 1982.
“Reagan Chooses Lawyer as Chief of Legal Aid Agency for the Poor”
This New York Times article reports that President Reagan appointed Bill Olson as chairman of the Legal Services Corporation.
“Appointment of Seven Members of the Legal Services Corporation, and Designation of Acting Chairman”
President Reagan designated Bill Olson as Acting Chariman of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.