Japan has long been the focus of international condemnation for its killling of whales and dolphins. Like seal killers, however, these practices were only recently captured on camera to show the brutality of the process. This video captures the annual trapping and killing of dolphin for their meat, which happens is high in mercury but sold regardless of health warnings. For the video, click here
The Senate held a hearing on the FISA legislation this week and there seems little good news out of that house for civil libertarians. Continue reading “Senate Appears Ready to Rollover on FISA”
The state bar association has criticized has criticized a judge for dismissing sexual assault charges in a gang rape case because she considered the case “theft of services.” Continue reading “Judge Says Gang Rape of Prostitute Was Merely Theft”
Today President Bush called for the confirmation of Michael Mukasey as opposition continued to mount. Continue reading “Bush Calls for Mukasey’s Confirmation Without Confirmation of Waterboarding Stance”
Sandra Tetley, a parent with a child in the public school, has vented against the school district on her small blog and now faces a threat of a defamation action for what the school officials claim are libelous statements. Continue reading “Parent Faces Defamation Lawsuit Over Criticism of School District”
Roy L. Pearson Jr., the administrative law judge who became infamous over his failed $54 million lawsuit against a Northeast Washington dry cleaner was finally kicked off the bench this week. Continue reading “Judge Roy Pearson Loses Pants and Now Position”
The tort system may achieve what the state legislatures could not with the hate-based Westboro Baptist Church. Continue reading “Hate-Based Church Ordered to Pay Millions to Grieving Father of Dead Soldier”
In what may be a disappointment for many, the Senate leadership has scheduled a vote on Mukasey for next Tuesday despite his refusal to recognize that waterboarding is torture. Continue reading “Senate Schedules Mukasey Vote for Next Tuesday — Despite Refusal to Recognize Waterboarding as Torture”
For the second time since his disasterous hearing, Michael Mukasey has refused to recognize that waterboarding is torture in answers to the Senate. Continue reading “Mukasey Refuses to Denounce Waterboarding as Torture Again in Written Responses to Senate”
For many liberals and civil libertarians, the Senate Democrats have long been the political equivalent of the Italian army: They are best seen on parade. Continue reading “Senate Democrats Have One Last Chance To Address Torture”
For years, it has been rumored that the FBI used mob muscle to coerce information from a Klansman to locate the bodies of civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, Continue reading “Witness Testifies that FBI Used Mob to Coerce Information in Famous Civil Rights Case”
The White House continues to try to spin the presumptively false testimony of Michael Mukasey before the Senate. Continue reading “New Spins on Mukasey Testimony”
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will again enter the debate over curbing Internet porn. Continue reading “Supreme Court Takes Up Pornography Case”
The Supreme Court has grant cert to hear the Exxon Valdez cse and to agree whether Exxon Mobil should have to pay any punitive damages for the 1989 disaster that fouled 1,200 miles of pristine Alaskan shoreline. Continue reading “Supreme Court to Hear Exxon Valdez Case”
It appears that even being a government minister is not enough to protect you from being pulled aside for ‘flying while Muslim.” Continue reading “U.S. Holds Britain’s First Muslim Minister at Dulles on Suspicion in Major Diplomatic Flap”