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Will SCOTUS Really Hear the Al-Marri Case? Not so fast…

By | 12.06.08 | 10:57 am

By now you’ve probably heard that the Supreme Court has decided to hear the case of the sole legal U.S. resident detained indefinitely — yes, that means potentially forever — without charges, right here on U.S. soil.  All because President Bush decided on his own authority, that this More…

The Midnight De-Regulation Express

By | 11.11.08 | 6:01 am

It’s something of a tradition– administrations using their final weeks in power to ram through a slew of federal regulations. With the election grabbing the headlines, outgoing federal bureaucrats quietly propose and finalize rules that can affect the health and safety of millions.

The Bush administration has followed this tradition More…

Biden: Pursue Bush Crimes for Rule of Law, Not Vengeance

By | 09.04.08 | 11:24 am

Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, has an important reason for Americans to vote Democratic this year: Accountability for war crimes.

Speaking in Florida on Wednesday, as the political world focused on his Republican counterpart, vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin, Biden said a Democratic administration would use More…

Palin mocks Obama for respect for civil rights

By | 09.04.08 | 9:58 am

Last night, at the Republican National Convention, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took a dig at Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, for what’s apparently become an embarrassing notion to Republicans: the American commitment to civil rights.

“Al Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America,” Palin pronounced in More…