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Barack Obama and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments
Not everyone is aware of the statement that Obama made to Will Bunch, or the reality that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution under the FISA amendments. In fact, it ...Posted by Randy Morrow -
Alberto Gonzales Displays Contempt for Congress, And Perhaps the Department of Justice As Well
Congress could hold Gonzales in contempt by a simple majority vote (and that would not be difficult to obtain, given the feelings in both chambers about this Attorney ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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The Politics of Excusing Torture In The Name of National Security
Politicians come and go, but the folks who actually run the government have an agenda of their own, including covering their mistakes.Posted by Gregory Kruse -
The Evidence Establishes, without Question, that Republican Rule Is Dangerous
Republicans rule, rather than govern, when they are in power by imposing their authoritarian conservative philosophy on everyone, as their answer for everything. This works ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Judge Bates Slams the Bush White House's Claims of Congressional Immunity
Without reaching the question of whether the president might claim executive privilege in this instance, Judge Bates issued a closely reasoned and detailed opinion legally ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Congressman Kucinich's Impeachment Resolution, the Parallel to Nixon, and Why Even Nixon's Defenders Finally Abandoned Him
After the smoking gun tape surfaced, none of these various defenses and strategies were relevant, because no member was prepared to defend Nixon's obvious lies about ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Refocusing the Impeachment Movement on Administration Officials Below the President and Vice-President:
Lowering the aim of an impeachment effort to focus on those who have aided and abetted, or directly engaged in, the commission of high crimes and misdemeanors, would have all ...Posted by Laura Perkins
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