Source: nytimes.com
But, the lawyer went on, "the evidence we need to demonstrate to you that it is lawful cannot be disclosed without that process itself causing grave harm to United States national security."
Source: csmonitor.com
A Clinton-Clinton ticket in 2008 is not out of the question.
Hopefully it wouldn't encourage a Bush-Bush ticket in 2016.
For all the fighting, shouting, arguing, and politicking on the issue of Gays, Gay Marriage, and Banning Gay Marriage the entire issue is for naught. I've seen both sides trying desperately to spin this issue for all its worth and it's frankly more than a little saddening.
Source: indystar.com
After recent postings and comments I've been a part of on the 'Vine I was happy to find an article to seed that seemed to get to the point I'm always pressing upon.
Tom Ehrich, Episcopal priest and writer, who put together the linked article said it well:
Source: chicagotribune.com
If Roe vs. Wade is ever overturned there are some states that are prepared to ban abortion from that moment forward. This is how abortion policy is supposed to be set. State by state rather than by the Federal Government.
I've fine tuned my position on the marriage debate and will now present a concise defense of traditional marriage (though the Senate has already voted on it). This is a summary of my own conclusions, based on the recent weeks of debate on this subject, including two …
Source: alternet.org
Bush's propensity for wishy-washy 'signing statements' makes congressional legislation look disposable. Why aren't Congress members crying foul?
Source: thenation.com
Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith write that growing concern over Bush's abuses of executive power could be the force that unites Americans in a broad, nonpartisan effort to defend the Constitution and the rule of law.
Nearly a year ago in the case of Kelo vs. City of New London the Supreme Court ruled that the government could take land from a private citizen and give it to another private developer.
Source: khaleejtimes.com
Marriage Protection Amendment has outraged the liberal media and opposition groups. But then President Bush has proved time and again that he is a man of principle. He does not go by opinion polls or media perceptions. He has never bothered about them ever.
Source: sfgate.com
For most of the 20th century, the main debate over religion was whether it was merely dying or already dead. From Descartes to Darwin, the purveyors of Enlightenment rationalism and the scientific method had inflicted critical wounds.
Today President Bush pushed his support for the Marriage Admendment. I admit that I am bit torn on the issue. On the one hand I am a traditionalist who believes that marriage is between one man and one woman as the foundation of the family social structure.
Source: local6.com
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that it is unconstitutional to require a student to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Source: nybooks.com
During the presidency of George W. Bush, the White House has made an unprecedented reach for power. It has systematically attempted to defy, control, or threaten the institutions that could challenge it: Congress, the courts, and the press.
Source: alternet.org
Source: wired.com
DETROIT (AP) -- A federal judge will go ahead with hearings in a legal challenge to a warrantless domestic surveillance program run by the National Security Agency.
Source: truthdig.com
After nearly 40 years of retreat, the American religious left is once again on the advance.
Source: rawstory.com
The NSL is a little known statute in the Patriot Act that permits law enforcement to obtain records of people not suspected of any wrongdoing and without a court order.
Source: nytimes.com
Republicans are trying to rally their far-right base for the fall elections with a mean-spirited sideshow threatening to the Constitution: a ban on same-sex marriage.
Source: AlterNet
True patriotism is emerging right now -- triggered by the Bush administration's disregard for the Constitution.
From the article: Most dictionaries define a patriot as a person who loves, supports and defends his or her country.
Source: theconservativevoice.com
“The bill would pledge California's 55 Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote, a system critics charged was an attempt to circumvent the U.S. Constitution.”
Source: aei.org
Let us stipulate one thing at the beginning: Whatever the other side of the story, if investigators are not lying and did find $90,000 in Rep.
Source: tvnewslies.org
I am often asked why there have not been a lot of whistle blowers coming forward regarding the events of 9/11/2001.
Well, as many of you know, there is a bit of a tizzy going on up in Washington, D.C. Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) got his law offices raided by the F.B.I. Suddenly, Congress is interested in protecting Constitutionally-guaranteed rights.
Source: wired.com
NEW YORK (AP) -- Justice Department employees involved in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Sept. 11 detainees must disclose whether they know of any government monitoring of conversations between the detainees and their attorneys, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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