The Seventh Amendment provides for unanimous juries and even for judges to overrule juries in cases where the verdict is clearly at odds with law or fact.
American vs. unAmerican values, according to the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution
Horrible things said and done by Donald and his Administration – July 2017
During the 2016 campaign, Donald told the nation exactly how horrible a person he is and how terrible a President he would be. In July 2017 there were at least 77 reported examples of Donald or his minions doing the horrible things Donald said he would.
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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 […]
Is Barack Obama too likable to be President?
By Martin Bosworth MyDD’s Todd Beeton explored this question in the wake of Obama’s response to the Libby commutation as an example of the “old politics” he wants to dispense with, and […]
Keeping the lid on Libby
By Robert Silvey The only characteristic George Bush shares with Solomon is his certainty that God anointed him king. He certainly exhibited no Solomonic wisdom when he commuted Scooter Libby’s prison sentence. […]
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