"I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler." – Jon Stewart
Posted in Blog Post on Oct 2nd, 2007
Check out this little gem from Jennifer Pariser, the head of litigation for Sony BMG. Somebody stop them please… Sony BMG’s chief anti-piracy lawyer: “Copying” music you own is “stealing” Gabriel asked if it was wrong for consumers to make copies of music which they have purchased, even just one copy. Pariser replied, “When an [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Sep 19th, 2007
I turned on CNN about 11:00 AM this morning. They were carrying live coverage of a bail hearing for O.J. Simpson. Mostly it amounted to watching an empty defendants table and judges chair. What’s so earth shattering about that? Is there nothing more important in the world than a bail hearing for an armed robbery [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Sep 4th, 2007
Interesting op-ed in today’s Post: Israel’s Example – washingtonpost.com NO ONE would say that Israel is soft on terrorism, which makes it all the more fascinating that a country that essentially lives under siege provides so many legal accommodations to those it detains as unlawful combatants. It’s a stark contrast to the Bush administration’s approach [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Aug 25th, 2007
Crooks and Liars » Justice, Guantanamo Style Someone has to explain to me, what existential threat justified descending into what can only be called barbarism? 9-11? If that’s the case in what way has debasing our legal system made us safer? Are we less likely to suffer mass casualty attacks because we torture people that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 18th, 2007
The Daily Dish – Padilla’s Love For The Decider Sully snarks all over the Padilla case Orwellian style.
Posted in Blog Post on Aug 15th, 2007
If the fight is for freedom, then why do we trample basic rights for a trumped up terror charge? A verdict on Padilla – and the US | csmonitor.com The ordeal of this former gang member and Taco Bell worker born in Brooklyn, who allegedly met with Al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan to plot a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2007
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall July 9, 2007 11:06 AM So, let me get this right. He invokes executive privilege to prevent aides from testifying about a discussion that didn’t happen regarding the AG firings he wasn’t involved in? What exactly is being protected here? Hard to say what’s really going on, but [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jul 7th, 2007
The defendants can’t sue because they can’t prove they were injured. They can’t prove they were injured because the government’s illegal activity is a state secret. Welcome to the wonderful world of Kafka. Glenn says it better: Glenn Greenwald – Salon This is one of those types of legal outcomes which — understandably so — [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2007
The Prez commutes Scooter “I’m a Liar” Libby’s sentence to a fine and probation. Lying under oath is no crime to BushCo, it’s a sign of loyalty. TPMmuckraker July 2, 2007 5:48 PM Here’s a reminder of what was promised when this mess started: “If there’s a leak out of my administration, I want to [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 13th, 2007
It’s good to know that the USCA 4th Circuit rejects the BS spouted by the White House. It remains to be seen if the SCOTUS has been sufficently stacked by Bush to overturn the decision. A Ruling for Justice – New York Times For years, President Bush has made the grandiose claim that the Congressional [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 12th, 2007
This is why I retain some respect for Powell despite his roll as an enabler for the worst President of modern times. Powell calls for closing Guantanamo Bay, moving detainees – Los Angeles Times Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said today he favors immediately closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison and moving its detainees [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 17th, 2007
Death no more | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Opinion: Editorials And that uncomfortable truth has led this editorial board to re-examine its century-old stance on the death penalty. This board has lost confidence that the state of Texas can guarantee that every inmate it executes is truly guilty of murder. [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 27th, 2007
Reagan Budget Head Stockman Is Charged With Fraud – washingtonpost.com NEW YORK, March 26 — David A. Stockman, a chief architect of President Ronald Reagan’s economic revolution turned Wall Street money man, was indicted Monday on charges of conspiracy, securities fraud and obstruction of justice. You have to wonder if the fraud was his efforts [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2007
Couey jury wants death for Florida girl’s killer – CNN.com I’m not a fan of the death penalty because of the gross unfairness with which it’s implemented. Also, we have an imperfect justice system staffed by imperfect people. As long as that’s true the potential for mistakes makes the death penalty problematic. But every once [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2007
Alleged Architect Of 9/11 Confesses To Many Attacks – washingtonpost.com KSM cops to 31 different acts of terror. I wonder if the Kennedy assassination was included? Maybe McKinley and Lincoln too? Of course there was no pressure or coercion, he just need to clear his conscience. It had nothing to do with years of imprisonment [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 13th, 2007
Justice aide resigns over prosecutor firings – Yahoo! News Sen. Schumer was riffing on the Bush administration in general and AG Gonzalez in particular on CNN. He says that Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson’s resignation doesn’t deflect this issue away from the AG and “only turns up the heat”. Speaker Pelosi is also proposing the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 6th, 2007
Sullivan’s take on the repersuccions of the verdict: The Daily Dish: After Libby And the question of the day: The Daily Dish: Should Cheney Resign?
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 6th, 2007
Libby Found Guilty in CIA Leak Case – washingtonpost.com Libby takes the fall. I feel bad for him, he was thrown under the bus by the Bush administration. Next is a series of appeals, then probably a pardon.
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2007
Canadian Court Limits Detention in Terror Cases – New York Times Money quote: “The overarching principle of fundamental justice that applies here is this: before the state can detain people for significant periods of time, it must accord them a fair judicial process.” – CHIEF JUSTICE BEVERLEY McLACHLIN, of Canada, in a ruling striking down [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2007
CIA leak case turned over to jury – Yahoo! News Defense attorney Theodore Wells cries on queue, aren’t you touched? Looks like the prosecution put together a pretty good case. The defense seems to want to paint Scooter Libby as a victim of internal politics and an incompetent administration. The only real shame is they [...]
Date: 04/11/2006