Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., has opposed a modest program to save turtles being wiped out along a highway in Michigan. Continue reading “Congressman Opposes Program to Save Protected Turtles and Calls for Using Money to Build More Highways”
Month: October 2007
Despite refusing to denounce water-boarding as torture and cl aiming a lack of knowledge of the technique, leading democrats are still praising Mukasey for “at least answering the question.” He has also come out against a major reform demanded after attacks by the Administration. Continue reading “Mukasey Opposes Federal Shield Law to Protect Journalists and the Free Press”
Given the recent crack down on reporters in Arizona, the prior column from the Washington Post below on the grand jury secrecy may be of interest. Continue reading “Grand Jury Secrecy and the Rocky Flats Scandal”
In a clear attack on the first amendment, the editors of an Alternative Newspaper have been arrested on charges of violating Grand Jury secrecy. Continue reading “Attack on the Free Press: Arizona Officers Arrest Journalists for Disclosing Grand Jury Abuse”
In his confirmation hearing, Judge Mukasey has refused to say whether a well-known torture technique is indeed torture. If Democrats are serious about demanding a return to the rule of law, it is an issue that should compel Senators to withhold their votes in confirmation. Continue reading “Mukasey Refuses to Denounce Water-Boarding as Torture and Forces Democrats into Another Crisis of Principle”
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has attacked the Islamic Saudi Academy, a private school serving nearly 1,000 students in grades K-12 in northern Virginia’s Fairfax County. The Commission has that the school reflects a lack of religious freedom in Saudi society and promotion of religious extremism at Saudi schools. The real question is why we still have this commission funded by the federal government. Continue reading “United States Commission on Religion Attacks Islamic School”
The Senate has reportedly reached a deal giving telecommunication companies legal immunity for their possible unlawful conduct in domestic surveillance. Continue reading “Privacy and Telephone Customers About to Lose Again in Congress”
Through a procedural move, the Republicans have delayed the vote on the surveillance bill. Continue reading “GOP Delays Surveillance Bill”
President Bush has pressured Democrats to kill the genocide bill involving Turkey. Continue reading “Democrats Yield to White House and Kill Genocide Bill”
The House surveillance bill is now complete. It does not force the government to satisfy the Fourth Amendment on surveillance of citizens and allows for a relatively weak level of review — albeit more review than President Bush will accept. Continue reading “Congress Holds Out Promise of Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms”
The death of a Virginia high school student to a drug-resistant staph highlights how little the Clinton or Bush Administrations have done on this long-known crisis. Continue reading “Virginia Student’s Death Highlights Killer Infection and Inadequate Government Action”
There has long been an erosion of parental rights in the United States as a byproduct of the decision in Roe v. Wade. Now, students who have parental permission to be treated at King Middle School’s health center in Portland would be able to get birth control prescriptions under a new proposal. Continue reading “11-Year-Old Girls in Maine May Be Allowed the Pill Without Parental Notice”
With the government still invoking the state secrets privilege on particular requests, Verizon revealed that from 2005 through this September there were 63,700 requests for information on its customers with 720 from federal authorities. Continue reading “Verizon Turns Over Vague Information on National Security Letters”
We have seen more than a few abuses of police authority for personal reasons, such as the recent charge against a fast food worker for putting too much salt in an officer’s burger. Now, a woman has been charged with disorderly conduct for swearing inside her bathroom as a toilet overflowed into the kitchen. Continue reading “Potty Mouth Offense: Cop Charges Woman For Swearing Inside Her Own Home”
Superior Court Judge Ernest Murphy recently made a little bit of history by winning a $2 million defamation judgment against the Boston Herald after that paper made him a national scandal in an article. Continue reading “Judge Charged with Misconduct for Letter to Newspaper”