Remember the big scare about liquids on airplanes?
Two brothers charged in an alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound airliners have been released after a British court ruled there was insufficient evidence to warrant a trial.
Westminster Magistrate’s Court confirmed that the case of Umair Hussain, 25, and Mehran Hussain 23, was discharged due to “insufficient [...]
Category Archives: Law
Why we need Habeas Corpus
November 1, 2006 – 7:32 pm
UN: Torture bill sucks
October 31, 2006 – 4:05 am
Despite what Bush and the Congress might think, Habeas Corpus is still the law of the land.
Martin Scheinin, the United Nations’ expert on protecting human rights in the fight against terrorism, said the Military Commissions Act signed into law earlier this month by U.S. President George W. Bush contains provisions “incompatible” with U.S. obligations to [...]
Exiled to Canada
October 25, 2006 – 7:16 pm
Is three years in Canada worth one year behind bars? A U.S. judge certainly thinks so:
An American teacher convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old student has been exiled to Canada as punishment in an unusual case that has immigration experts divided over its legality.
A U.S. judge gave Malcolm Watson a choice between serving [...]
Olbermann: ‘Our rights and our freedoms in peril’
October 19, 2006 – 3:50 pm
Will President Bush’s Military Commissions Act go down in history with the Alien and Sedition Acts, the Espionage Act and Executive Order 9066?
Read the transcript at Crooks and Liars.
Tags: Islamic fascism , Military Commissions Act, habeas corpus, Bush, terrorist, Olbermann, McCain
Olbermann on the death of Habeas Corpus
October 12, 2006 – 12:44 am
Keith Olbermann explains, as only he can, how our government has destroyed one of our fundamental constitutional rights:
Read the transcript at Crooks and Liars.
Tags: lying, lying, habeas corpus, Bush, terrorist, Olbermann, McCain
Tax breaks for churches are growing
October 10, 2006 – 4:22 pm
Does the First Amendment guarantee that churches and other religious organizations don’t have to pay taxes?
I’m with Bill Maher: “If churches don’t have to pay taxes, they also can’t call the fire department when they catch fire. Sorry, Reverend, that’s one of those services that goes along with paying in. I’ll use the fire [...]
Complain to Cheney and get arrested
October 3, 2006 – 8:01 pm
Man walks up to Vice President Cheney and says “I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible,” and then walks away. Ten minutes later the Secret Service took him to jail for assault. (Source: Rocky Mountain News)
That’s what I call freedom of speech.
Other View: The Moderate Voice
Tags: Cheney, Bush, Secret+Service, Denver, arrested
The state of U.S. democracy
October 1, 2006 – 11:53 pm
With Congress passing the Torture Bill of 2006 on Friday, it is worth asking what has become of democracy in the United States.
What has gone wrong? Mark Graber of Balkinization has some ideas:
If comments on this blog may appear to be a bit shrill recently, the reason, I suspect, is that vital prerequisites [...]
You’ve got to get mad
September 29, 2006 – 12:08 pm
The Bush administration and 65 members of the Senate showed (again) yesterday that they are a disgrace to this country. The Senate passed a bill that governs how suspected terrorists can be held and treated.
“It strips detainees of a habeas corpus right to challenge their detentions in court and broadly defines what kind of treatment [...]
Congress gives Bush the authority to torture
September 29, 2006 – 3:30 am
Let’s thank Congress for trading in our American ideals to provide an illusion of security for voters.
The Senate approved legislation this evening governing the interrogation and trials of terror suspects, establishing far-reaching new rules in the definition of who may be held and how they should be treated.
The vote, 65-to-34, came after more than 10 [...]