The Wall Street Journal published this little gem: The Logan Act makes it a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years for any American, “without authority of the United States,” to communicate with a foreign government in an effort to influence that government’s behavior on any “disputes or controversies with […]
Except on issues that really matter to Americans, like warrantless wiretapping: If elected president, Senator John McCain would reserve the right to run his own warrantless wiretapping program against Americans, based on the theory that the president’s wartime powers trump federal criminal statutes and court oversight, according to a statement released by his campaign Monday. […]
Pelosi was ready for Mukasey’s refusal to enforce the contempt citations. Now the next step – court: “By ordering the U.S. Attorney to take no action in response to congressional subpoenas, the Bush Administration is continuing to politicize law enforcement, which undermines public confidence in our criminal justice system. “Anticipating this response from the Administration, […]
This is amazing. Last night 60 Minutes ran the segment on Karl Rove’s involvement in the Don Siegelman conviction. If what has happened in Alabama doesn’t seem communistic enough for you, there is more. All last week the White House was pressuring CBS to not air the segment. Well it did air last night, but […]
The House Republicans just stomped their feet and walked out of the House in protest to the FISA bill not being on the floor right now. UPDATE: The Republican leadership is speaking. They are trying to spin this as being the exact same law that is in effect now. No – there wasn’t telecom immunity […]
Yet his new budget is full of them. He said in his state of the union he would direct government agencies to ignore any earmarks, so does that mean that they ignore his? Or is this another way of him trying to rewrite the Constitution?
That’s your Republican Party in action. Now they are putting telecom immunity ahead of economic stimulus. Get that? They are saying if the telecom companies can’t have protection from breaking the law constitution, then they will hurt the entire economy.
And Bush loves it: Lawmakers say they will push ahead with a presidential commission designed to root out waste and fraud in military contracts despite President Bush’s concerns that it could usurp his authority. Bush signed into law on Monday a wide-ranging defense bill that includes instructions to create a commission to investigate defense contracts […]
It looks like we really do have a religious extremist running for the White House. Be very afraid!
Don’t they know God said to ignore our laws and constitution? A rural school district’s long-standing practice of allowing the distribution of Bibles to grade school students is unconstitutional, a federal judge has ruled. more stories like this An attorney for the southeastern Missouri school district said Wednesday he will appeal the judge’s injunction against […]