Apr
12
Interpretive Rules
efink | April 12, 2011 | Tagged rulemaking | Comments Off
Hoctor v. US Dept. of Agriculture, 82 F3d 165 (7th Cir. 1996)
Feb
4
“The body of officials actively engaged in a ‘public’ office, along with the respective apparatus of material implements and the files, make up a ‘bureau.’”
efink | February 4, 2011 | Tagged bureaucracy | Comments Off
“The population census has got him down as “dormanted”. The Central Collective Storehouse computer has got him down as “deleted”. […] Information Retrieval has got him down as “inoperative”. And there’s another one – security has got him down as “excised”. Administration has got him down as “completed”. … He’s dead.”
(Title quote: Max Weber)
Jan
24
Freedom of Information Act: Offer not available to “admitted anarchists”
efink | January 24, 2011 | Tagged FOIA | Comments Off
I don’t recall an exception under the Freedom of Information Act based on the political beliefs of the person making the request. But apparently, the police in Richmond, Virginia, have a different understanding of the law. After releasing documents regarding police procedure for handling mass protests, the department has asked a federal court to order the documents returned and to prohibit their publication by an “admitted anarchist”. Since the documents have already been posted on the web, this seems like a case of trying to shut the barn door after the horses have escaped.
Jan
10
Eating People is Wrong
efink | January 10, 2011 | Tagged administrative agencies, due process | Comments Off
The strange but true story of a man who lost his fight to keep a tastelessly funny license plate.
Oct
14
Stahlhartes Gehäuse
efink | October 14, 2010 | | Comments Off
Not summer’s bloom lies ahead of us, but rather a polar night of icy darkness and hardness
Max Weber, 1918
