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The Supreme Court judgement handed down last week may have been a “stunning blow to the Bush Administration in its ‘war-on-terrorism policies”, but Bush apparently feels vindicated by the fact that he had the district court and the appellate court on his side:
Boulton: “I mean, you’ve talked a lot about freedom. I’ve heard you talk […]
The Supreme Court has slapped down George Bush yet again over his treatment of Guantanamo detainees. This time around, they’ve found — despite conniptions by Justices Roberts and Scalia — that Guantanamo detainees do have the right to file habeas corpus petitions in civilian courts challenging their detention:
Terrorism suspects who are being held in […]
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When it comes to breaking the law, it’s the thought that counts, according to Mukasey’s Justice Department. At least with regard to torture.
Turns out, it’s not true that we don’t torture. We just don’t torture without good reason. But torture in a good cause? Perfectly okay. That is […]
Apparentlym President Bush can’t just order anyone in the country to do anything he wants just because he’s president. It seems that, despite Bush’s governing philosophy for the last seven years, there are limits to presidential power. And we’re being told this by none other than Bush’s own captive Supreme Court.
The Supreme […]
Antonin Gregory Scalia, Justice of the Supreme Court, let fly on The BBC’s “Law in Action” program on Tuesday:
In an interview with BBC Radio 4, Scalia said torture might be permissible to gain information about an imminent threat such as a bomb. He did not address waterboarding but spoke generally of torture.
“It would be absurd […]
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear 17 appeals during its upcoming term that begins on October 1:
The justices met on Monday to review some 2,000 appeals that piled up during its three-month summer recess and selected the 17 cases to decide.
Let’s assume they worked really hard and put in a ten-hour day. Ten […]
In their coverage of the showdown between Congress and President Blinky, CNN just showed some b-roll of Harriet Miers walking around the Capitol circa 2005. This reminded me that the only way this little Constitutional crisis could have been more absurd (at this point anyway) would be if Dirty Harriet had actually been seated […]
So Dirty Harriet has resigned:
Harriet Miers, President Bush’s failed Supreme Court nominee, has submitted her resignation as White House counsel, the White House announced Thursday.
White House press secretary Tony Snow said the president reluctantly accepted her resignation, which takes effect Jan. 31. He said a search for a successor is under way.
Bush nominated Miers, a […]
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on the court:
Arguing that liberal judges in the past improperly established new political rights such as abortion, Scalia warned, “Someday, you’re going to get a very conservative Supreme Court and regret that approach.”
When the Brits get a shiny new toy, the children populating the Bush administration want one too:
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on Monday ordered a side-by-side review of American and British counterterrorism laws as a first step toward determining whether further changes in American law are warranted.
The plot to blow up airliners bound from Britain […]
