A paragon of conservatism, and an example of everything a Supreme Court justice should be? Really?... [More]
June 19, 2007
June 23, 2007
Finally, Someone Notices That Cheney Has Written His Own Constitution
Way back in February, in a post entitled "A Fourth Branch of Government?" I tried to call attention to the fact that the Vice President had declared his office to... [More]
Meanwhile, in Guantanamo...
WaPo: An Army officer who played a key role in the "enemy combatant" hearings at Guantanamo Bay says tribunal members relied on vague and incomplete intelligence while being pressured to... [More]
June 24, 2007
The Cheney Vice Presidency
I must admit I'm a bit shocked to see the speed with which the story of Cheney's "fourth branch" theory of the Vice Presidency has gone from widely ignored to... [More]
June 27, 2007
Cheney Retreats from "Fourth Branch" Claims
But don't get your hopes up. He's given up claiming his own constitution; he's now just claiming he has his own set of laws. More here from TPM, and Marty... [More]
June 28, 2007
Elections Have Consequences
Apparently one of the consequences of the last 2 presidential elections is that we are returning to a pre-1900 understanding of society's ability to impose limits on corporations. In another... [More]
A "Perjury Trap"?
Over the past few days, both the House and Senate have been busy issuing subpoenas to the Bush administration on a variety of matters. Today the response from the White... [More]
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