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Minnesota Majority, tea party lose case on political apparel at polling places

By | 05.02.11 | 10:22 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Minnesota Majority, Minnesota Voters Alliance and the North Star Tea Party Patriots lost a case in court on Friday when U.S. District Court Judge Joan Erickson dismissed the trio’s challenge to a state law that bans political apparel in the polling place. The groups had attempted a campaign to have More…

Another Victory for Gitmo Prisoner: Score Is Detainees 30, U.S. 7

By | 09.18.09 | 8:56 am

Late Thursday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., granted yet another detainee at Guantanamo Bay the right to go free. That makes 30 out of 37 habeas corpus cases decided so far in which Guantanamo prisoners have won orders for their release. In each case, a federal judge has More…

Obama Defies Federal Courts in Holding Yemeni Detainees

By | 08.21.09 | 6:00 am

On Monday a federal court judge ordered the Department of Defense to release a 47-year-old father of two with a heart condition who it has imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years without justification. But like the other Yemeni men cleared for release but still held at the More…

Sotomayor Answers Reveal Long History of Accomplishments — and Are Sure to Be Pounced On

By | 06.05.09 | 9:00 am

The 172-pages of answers (not including the appendix) provided by Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday reveal, as one would expect, a long resume replete with the academic credentials and professional honors we’ve already heard about, plus lots of details of key opinions More…

Inside Guantanamo Bay

By | 03.27.09 | 11:55 am

As part of an upcoming inside look at the prison at Guantanamo Bay set to air April 5, National Geographic has put together some interesting behind-the-scenes interviews with the prison guards there. Not surprisingly, the guards — well aware of the camera they’re talking to — come off More…