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CRS: House ACORN ban may be unconstitutional - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com »
Posted by: deathray 2 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The Congressional Research Service has analyzed the case law and other legal issues surrounding last week's ACORN ban passed in the House and found ...
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AP NewsBreak: Palin implicated in ethics probe - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: not2needy 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by trading on her position in seeking money for legal ...
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Obama to spare agents involved in torture »
Posted by: jovial 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Central Intelligence Agency interrogators who tortured detainees during the administration of George W. Bush will not be prosecuted, President Barack Obama said on Thursday as ...
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The 13 people who made torture possible »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.
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Are Republicans Blackmailing Obama? »
Posted by: Progressive 8 months ago in Political News
If the president releases the Bush torture memos, Republicans are promising to "go nuclear" and filibuster his legal appointments. Scott Horton reports on a serious ...
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Is Poker a Game of Skill that is Legal? »
Posted by: mageek 10 months, 1 week ago in News
Five college buddies nabbed in a poker bust are asking a South Carolina judge to decide whether Texas Hold 'em is an illegal game of ...
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Maine prepares to take up gay marriage bill - Life- msnbc.com »
Posted by: david_nwpa 7 months ago in Family
AUGUSTA, Maine - Diane Sammer and her partner, Pam Dennis, were careful to sign papers giving Sammer power of attorney over Dennis' affairs. Yet after Dennis ...
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I Never Believed The US Would Turn On It's Torturers So Quickly »
Posted by: Mikunited 7 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The world is watching as America attempts to come to terms with the abuse it unleashed in the aftermath of 9/11 and trying to ...
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What are the legal and practical reasons to Bank Offshore? »
Posted by: WikiMap 8 months, 1 week ago in News
Say the term “ offshore banking ” and most people will conjure images of exotic locales with shady banks and secret, nameless accounts. While offshore banking has ...
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WH Counsel Gonzo To DOJ: When We Said We Cared About Your Legal Opinions On Surveillance, We Didn't Really Mean It »
Posted by: bluetexasvalley 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Check out the amazing 2004 letter from Alberto Gonzales, at the time the White House counsel, to then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who had raised ...
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The Liars Reign Supreme As The Nation Withers »
Posted by: Tumultuous 1 month ago in Political Opinion
Rot, as least as far as fish are concerned, starts at the head. Corruption is so rampant in the U.S. Government Inc. that Americans ...
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Israel Boycott in Europe's Human Rights Court »
Posted by: israeligirl1 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Israel won one last week in an international human rights court. the Council of Europe's European Court of Human Rights upheld a French ruling ...
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Obama: Make Illegals Legal to give them ObamaCare »
Posted by: pc25 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
After Rep. Joe Wilson captured what many Americans were thinking during Obama’s Joint Session of Congress speech, I talked to an illegal alien to ...
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CNN Poll - Majority of Americans oppose legalizing same sex marriages »
Posted by: pc25 7 months ago in News
A new national poll suggests that a majority of Americans oppose legalizing same sex marriages — but there's a vast generational divide on the issue ...
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Obama leaves door open to Bush officials' prosecution »
Posted by: engineer 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
President Obama on Tuesday left open the possibility of criminal prosecution for Bush administration officials who drew up the legal basis for interrogation techniques that ...
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