Scalia: Torture Does Not Violate 'Cruel and Unusual Punishment
• ThinkProgress.orgSCALIA: No. To the contrary. You think — Has anybody ever referred to torture as punishment? I don’t think so.
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Bill of Rights
The face of America's future ... if we're lucky
• YouTubeIf this young man isn't the face of America's future, then God help us all.
Right wing to soldiers: You can hold an M-16, but not Playboy
• Rawstory.comOur troops should not see their honor sullied so that the moguls behind magazines like Playboy and Penthouse can profit. The ‘Military Honor and Decency Act’ will right a bureaucratic--and moral--wrong."
Supreme Court says police may search even if arrest invalid
• Rawstory.comScalia said that when officers have probable cause to believe a person has committed a crime in their presence, the Fourth Amendment permits them to make an arrest and to search the suspect in order to safeguard evidence and ensure their own safety.
Appeals court: Border agents can search laptops without cause
• BoingBoing (h/t Minarchian)Federal agents at the border do not need any reason to search through travelers' laptops, cell phones or digital cameras for evidence of crimes, a federal appeals court ruled, extending the government's power to look through belongings to ele
A defendant's right to confront accusers: How far does it extend?
• Christian Science MonitorThe Constitution's Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the right to face their accusers in court. But what happens when the accuser is not available for cross-examination at trial because she was murdered by the very person she would t
Rights Without Exceptions<br>By Jeff Snyder
• FEEThe statements of rights in the Bill of Rights are categorical and contain no exceptions. This form suggests that the rights referred to do not vary to suit the circumstance, are not to be “outweighed” in balancing tests with other rights or interest
Randi Rhodes leaves Air America (signs with Nova M Radio)
• Rawstory.comA video of Rhodes referring to Sen. Hillary Clinton as a "f**king whore" began circulating last week, and the station suspended the host soon after. (Nova M Radio is Ernest Hancock's home station :)
Randi Rhodes leaves Air America
• Rawstory.comA video of Rhodes referring to Sen. Hillary Clinton as a "whore" began circulating last week, and the station suspender the host soon after.
4th Amendment Security
Howard BlitzWhen members of the National Transportation and Safety Department inspect one’s luggage at the airport one ought to seriously wonder if they are breaching the 4th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The 4th Amendment reads: “The
Chertoff: DHS and NSA creating Cyber Security "Manhattan Project"
• Rawstory.com"In January, President Bush signed a presidential order expanding the role of DHS and the NSA in government computer security," Singel writes. "Its contents are classified....
Chertoff: DHS and NSA creating Cyber Security "Manhattan Project"
• Rawstory.com"In January, President Bush signed a presidential order expanding the role of DHS and the NSA in government computer security," Singel writes. "Its contents are classified....
Thinking for Yourself is Now a Crime<br>by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
• CounterpunchWhat was the greatest failure of 2007? President Bush's "surge" in Iraq? The decline in the value of the US dollar? Subprime mortgages? No. The greatest failure of 2007 was the newly sworn in Democratic Congress.
Clinton 'wh*re' remark nets suspension for Randi Rhodes
• Rawstory.comThe first amendment was kicked to the curb after Air America host Randi Rhodes made a nasty comment about Senator Hillary Clinton while on stage in San Francisco. Randi spoke the truth and paid the price. Watch the video
Bush Admin: 4th Amendment does not apply to military ops. in U.S.
• Atlargely.comA memo from March 2003 asserts President Bush has unlimited power to order brutal interrogations of detainees also reveals a radical interpretation of the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protection from unreasonable search and seizure.
Bush Admin: Pressured officials to use torture at Guantanamo
• Rawstory.com"Torture at Guantánamo was sanctioned by the most senior advisers to the president, the vice president, and the secretary of defense, according to Philippe Sands, who has conducted a forensic examination of the chain of command....
Bush Admin: Pressured officials to use torture at Guantanamo
• Rawstory.comTop Bush Administration officials pressured underlings to use torture tactics at Guantanamo RAW STORY Published: Wednesday April 2, 2008 | Print This Email This Of Guantanamo interrogators: “You could almost see their dicks getti
If I were to run for state office, this would be my speech to the republican party
Tom WestbrookOur federal government has trampled nearly every facet of our constitution. It provides illegal appropriations designed to undermine the sovereignty of our state. We have wide-open borders with border patrol agents designed for show. We infringe on t
Boy punished for T-shirt with gun image
• APThe family of a middle school student who was given detention for wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of a gun has filed a federal freedom of speech lawsuit against the school district. Wearing a T-shirt to honor his uncle, a U.S. Army soldier fighti
NSA Quietly Expands Domestic Spying
• Rawstory.com"The spy agency now monitors huge volumes of records of domestic emails and Internet searches as well as bank transfers, credit-card transactions, travel and telephone records," Gorman adds.
Bob Schultz, <i>We The People</i> Speaks in Phoenix, March 16
Powell GammillThe Constitution includes a powerful, but little known clause to directly hold the government accountable. This 'Capstone Right' - the protector of all other rights - is the right the Government hopes you’ll never learn about.
Microsoft, Google don't deny participation in NSA program to spy on Americans
• Rawstory.comAs the functions long performed by personal computers come to be executed by these far-flung data centers," the magazine writes, "the technology industry has rapturously rebranded the Internet as 'the cloud.'"
Microsoft, Google don't deny participation in NSA program to spy on American's
• Rawstory.comAs the functions long performed by personal computers come to be executed by these far-flung data centers," the magazine writes, "the technology industry has rapturously rebranded the Internet as 'the cloud.'"
O’Reilly Calls Arianna Huffington a Nazi
• Kurt Nimmo - InfowarsOnce again, Faux News pit pull Bill O’Reilly calls for censorship of the blogs, this time in regard to posts on Huffington Post and “left-wing” types commenting on Arianna Huffington’s site.
S.F. judge dissolves his Wikileaks injunction
• SF ChronicleA federal judge in San Francisco who had ordered the shutdown of a whistle-blowers' Web site where private bank documents were posted changed his mind Friday, conceding his original ruling might not have been constitutional.... ya think?
White House says phone wiretaps back on despite the expiration of the 'Surveillance Legislation*
• Reuters.comPresident George W. Bush has said he would not compromise with the Democratic-led Congress on his demand that phone companies be shielded from lawsuits for taking part in his warrantless domestic spying program.
When All Else Fails, Silence The Messenger....
Terry BressiAs a result of documenting and reporting on these suspicionless homeland security checkpoint experiences, there are currently several efforts underway by various individuals to either shutdown my website or force the removal of content already posted
Gun Free Zones Never Are when It Counts
• MondorebGun Free Zones for Dummies.
Scalia on Torture - by Jacob G. Hornberger
• Counterpunch.orgScalia's approval of torture in certain circumstances ignores an important point that every first-year law student learns in his constitutional law course: that people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law -
Senate passes Bush-approved FISA update with telecom immunity
• Rawstory.comThe Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, including a provision granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that facilitated government spying, passed the Senate on a 68-29....
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