By Martin Bosworth This afternoon I participated in a conference call with members of the American Civil Liberties Union and several prominent bloggers, discussing the ACLU’s strategy for pushing the Democrats to […]
George Bush: Using the Constitution to destroy the Constitution
By Martin Bosworth In an act of absolutely unmitigated gall, George Bush is using the power granted to the Executive Branch by the Constitution (Article II, Section 3) to force Congress to […]
A special White House press secretary Quotabull
We want fresh thinking, to charge the batteries, and passionate participation. There is a lot of value added in Tony coming on board and helping us internally with his own views and […]
Truth, lies and Alberto R. Gonzales
I’m a big fan of Al’s . . . I think Al has done a good job under difficult circumstances. The debate between he and the Senate is something they’re going to […]
Civil liberties violations? Nope. ‘Typographical errors.’
By now, thanks to The Washington Post, you’ve figured out that Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, he of the minimal memory, can warp time itself. The Department of Justice, under his leadership, […]
The linguistic waltz steps of Tony Snow: Watch me dance!
Excerpts from a July 3 press briefing by White House spokesman Tony Snow: Q: Is the President’s decision to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby — is that the final word in […]
The Jena 6 and the “old” South; or, plus ca change…you know the rest….
“You can’t understand it. You would have to be born there.” – Quentin Compson, Absalom, Absalom, referring to the South Too often those of us born in the South fall back upon […]
Is the end near for Darth Cheney?
By Martin Bosworth The hot-off-the-presses announcement that the Senate Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed testimony about the Bush warrantless wiretapping program, and asked for a massive document dump, isn’t just significant for its […]
National secrecy Executive Orders vs. the Office of the Vice President
The office of the President of the United States has a vested interest in protecting the United States. This is, after all, one of the main reasons we have a Presidency in […]
Who would Jesus prosecute? Justice shifts focus from civil rights to religious rights cases
The New York Times reports that the Ashcroft/Gonzales Department of “Justice” (my quotes) has significantly shifted the civil rights mission of the nation’s highest prosecutor of federal law. Instead of focusing on […]
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