The firing was preordained in the script on how to stave off major N.C.A.A. penalties, and keeping Pearl around would be carrying way too much baggage into those enforcement hearings, writes David Climer in The Tennessean.
Senator Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming, the ranking Republican on the committee, who has been critical of the hearings, wrote to the G.A.O. on Tuesday, saying the revisions raised "serious questions about the quality of rigor" of the investigation and asking for a detailed explanation of each change.
JD: I've been advocating for change for three years, lobbying state legislators, testifying at legislative hearings, writing about deficiencies in the criminal justice system that lead to wrongful convictions and the reforms needed to close up those cracks.
Today, Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Bobby Rush (D-IL) called for congressional hearings, writing, "Hurricane Sandy is exactly the type of extreme weather event that climate scientists have said will become more frequent and more severe if we fail to reduce our carbon pollution".
"If … the drug industry intends to comply with the voluntary program, then it is unclear why the industry would contest formal withdrawal notices or require time consuming hearings," wrote Judge Katz.
A bipartisan congressional committee had already conducted closed hearings and written a secret report unanimously concluding that Chinese nuclear espionage had harmed American national security, and questioning the administration's vigilance.
This month, the Finra board voted to require that arbitrators conduct formal hearings and written reviews of a broker's expungement requests before taking them to a judge for approval.
Holmes' attorneys have said in hearings and written court documents that Holmes is mentally ill and was being treated by a psychiatrist before the attack.
Beyond the public hearings and written submissions, Marcia and her crew met with Aboriginal Elders, and pulled information from "community consultations, literature reviews, commissioned research and discussions with experts".
Cohn eventually resigned, but he always defended the hearings, once writing an article for Esquire titled, "Believe Me, This Is the Truth About the Army-McCarthy Hearings, Honest".
