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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
Taney on Habeas Corpus (Ex Parte Merryman)
Post Date: 2006-10-18 21:05:10 by leveller
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(1861). The following is an extract from the opinion of Taney, Roger B., Chief Justice, issued while he was riding circuit, in the Circuit Court, District of Maryland, in the case of Ex parte Merryman, 17 F. Cas. 144 (1861): "The right of the subject to the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus, it must be recollected, was one of the great points in controversy, during the long struggle in England between arbitrary government and free institutions, and must therefore have strongly attracted the attention of the statesmen engaged in framing a new and, as they supposed, a freer government than the one which they had thrown off by the revolution. From the earliest history of the common ...
Breaking: Keith Olbermann habeas corpus rant coming up [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2006-10-18 20:42:09 by Jethro Tull
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Now - MSNBC
Anti-US but Pro-American
Post Date: 2006-10-18 20:16:58 by leveller
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October 18, 2006 Well, that tears it. I read the Military Commissions Act of 2006 on my sh*tty little dial-up connection here in the cabin, and immediately went to the pawn shop in Moab and bought another rifle. Five of them now in the stash, plus a couple pistols. Ready enough to arm seven people altogether. Have you read the Military Commissions Act of 2006? I mean, read it through to its poisonous black heart, its implication for our basic freedoms, its tolling that the system of checks enshrined in the Constitution and entrusted to the three balanced branches is gone? That's extreme language, I know, but it approaches the truth. The Military Commissions Act was offered by ...
America Is No Longer Free
Post Date: 2006-10-18 17:54:46 by bluedogtxn
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AMERICA IS NO LONGER FREE by Paul Lehto, Attorney at Law Habeas corpus -- it's your most fundamental legal right, your right to go to a court and get an order requiring the government to prove that it is holding you in prison with proper legal authority to do so. Without that right, one necessarily lives in a dictatorship. President Bush today on October 17, 2006 signed a bill repealing that law, meaning that the administration need not comply or show compliance with law any more with regard to who goes to prison or Gitmo. While it supposedly applies just to terrorism cases, that doesn't prevent it from ending the rule of law in the United States for our newly all-powerful Executive. This ...
Stunning new revelations:Marilyn Monroe murdered
Post Date: 2006-10-18 16:42:40 by aristeides
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Stunning new revelations:Marilyn Monroe murdered June DiMaggio breaks long silence on details surrounding mysterious death of her friend Posted: October 18, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern Marilyn Monroe was talking on the telephone to Louise DiMaggio when she was murdered and was able to utter the name of her attacker before her death, according to a new book by DiMaggio's niece and Monroe confidante June DiMaggio. In "Marilyn, Joe & Me," 44 years after the Hollywood superstar's mysterious death, which was ruled a suicide, June DiMaggio, friend of Marilyn and niece of New York Yankee Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio, she discloses that her mother was speaking long distance with Marilyn ...
Your Life Does Depend On It
Post Date: 2006-10-18 16:22:36 by bluedogtxn
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Your life does depend on it Posted by BobcatJH in General Discussion: Politics Wed Oct 18th 2006, 12:42 PM Today, things are different. Today, we awoke a nation perhaps forever changed, thanks to a president who considers destroying everything that once made this nation great a good thing. And thanks, also, to the apathy or, worse, the willing consent of millions of Americans. Today, therefore, things are different, because yesterday, in the midst of National Character Counts Week, the president tarnished our national character by signing into law one of the most immoral pieces of legislation in our nation's history. To the president, the Military Commissions Act represents, in his words, ...
Arar still fears U.S. arrest (STILL ON WATCH LIST)
Post Date: 2006-10-18 14:52:05 by aristeides
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Arar still fears U.S. arrest Exonerated Canadian's name still on border watch list, spokeswoman says Oct. 18, 2006. 11:09 AM ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Actress and human rights activist Vanessa Redgrave will present an award to Maher Arar and to the Center for Constitutional Rights in Washington this evening. But the Syrian-born Canadian engineer will have to accept the 30th annual Letelier-Moffitt human rights award via video link, because he won't be at the ceremony, fearing he'll be arrested again by U.S. authorities. The Institute for Policy Studies says it's giving the international version of the award to Arar because he's taken bold actions to demand justice for the suffering ...
RESQUIAT IN PACE, HABEAS CORPUS
Post Date: 2006-10-18 12:56:56 by leveller
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RESQUIAT IN PACE, HABEAS CORPUS S.3930 Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Final version (Enrolled Bill) as passed by both Houses.) SEC. 7. HABEAS CORPUS MATTERS. (a) In General- Section 2241 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking both the subsection (e) added by section 1005(e)(1) of Public Law 109-148 (119 Stat. 2742) and the subsection (e) added by added by section 1405(e)(1) of Public Law 109-163 (119 Stat. 3477) and inserting the following new subsection (e): `(e)(1) No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien detained by the United States who has been ...
His Majesty Wipes His Ass with The Constitution : What's Next?
Post Date: 2006-10-18 11:33:56 by Mind_Virus
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His Majesty Wipes His Ass with The Constitution And all the NeoCon and NeoLib ass kissers applaud the death of Habeas Corpus, Bill of Rights and Constitution. BRAVO! Way to give yourself a retroactive war crimes immunity, Neocons… Bravo!
Law's Reach Extends to Jails in U.S.; curbing of habeas corpus protections for 'enemy combatants' can now occur domestically
Post Date: 2006-10-18 11:16:08 by Brian S
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October 18, 2006 WASHINGTON — The military tribunals bill signed by President Bush on Tuesday marks the first time the right of habeas corpus has been curtailed by law for millions of people in the United States. Although debate focused on trials at Guantanamo Bay, the new law also takes away from noncitizens in the U.S. — including more than 12 million permanent residents — the right to go to court if they are declared "unlawful enemy combatants." No one has suggested that the Bush administration plans to use its newly won power to round up large numbers of immigrants. But before Tuesday, the principle of habeas corpus meant that anyone thrown into jail in the ...
EXCLUSIVE: FIRST BUSH-APPOINTED CHAIR OF U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION SAYS 'NO STANDARDS' FOR E-VOTING DEVICES, SYSTEM 'RIPE FOR STEALING ELECTIONS'!
Post Date: 2006-10-18 05:32:51 by Zipporah
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EXCLUSIVE: FIRST BUSH-APPOINTED CHAIR OF U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION SAYS 'NO STANDARDS' FOR E-VOTING DEVICES, SYSTEM 'RIPE FOR STEALING ELECTIONS'!Former Chair Says He 'Was Deceived', EAC and Federal Efforts for Election Reform 'A Charade', 'Travesty'!In Stark Contrast to Current EAC Chair, Rev. DeForest Soaries Blasts White House, Congress in Transcript of Unaired Interview from Major Broadcast Network! if (window.document.getElementById('post-3491')) window.document.getElementById('post-3491').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post';The BRAD BLOG has obtained an EXCLUSIVE partial transcript from a recent, unaired interview by a major broadcast network with former U.S. ...
Florida activist, candidate charged with felony wiretapping
Post Date: 2006-10-18 05:28:36 by Zipporah
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The State of Florida has filed felony wiretapping charges against election reform activist Charles Grapski for audiotaping his efforts to obtain public records related to his investigation of alleged election fraud, RAW STORY has learned. He faces arraignment Tuesday, October 17th. "The State has held charges over my head since May 1st, six months," Grapski told RAW STORY. "I have not been allowed until now the right of subpoena power to do discovery in my own defense. Now the State is saying I must choose between two rights: the right to a speedy trial, and my right to a fair trial." RAW STORY has previously reported on officials' attempts to suppress Grapski's ...
Obermann: Video - Ashcroft: Bush should be trusted not to abuse new powers
Post Date: 2006-10-18 05:24:31 by Zipporah
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In the following MSNBC video, former Attorney General John Ashcroft says that President Bush should be trusted not to abuse new powers granted to him by Congress. Earlier today, Bush signed into law the Military Commission Act, a bill giving him the legal power to declare any person a detainee. The law has been criticized for removing the right of habeas corpus and limiting the right to see evidence presented against the accused. The bill also gives the president new powers to declare anyone a detainee -- including American citizens -- and to detain that person without oversight or access to the U.S. court system. Ashcroft argues that Presidents in the past have not abused executive ...
GALLUP POLL: Only 23% approval of Republican Congress!
Post Date: 2006-10-18 03:03:54 by Uncle Bill
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Poll finds 23% approval of Republican Congress Deseret Morning News By Kenneth R. Bazinet and Michael McAuliff October 18, 2006 WASHINGTON — In an ominous sign for the GOP, a Gallup Poll released Tuesday says the public's approval of Congress remains at lows not seen since 1994 — when insurgent Republicans kicked Democrats out of power. The survey found only 23 percent of the country approves of the job the GOP-led Congress is doing, with 71 percent saying they disapprove. In 1994, a Gallup Poll done from Oct. 22 to 25 before the Republican revolution election found the virtually identical anti-incumbent opinion. The overall climate has Democrats eagerly anticipating Nov. 7 ...
Fox News Fred Barnes: Election Is Lost For Republicans - Horrible Situation - "It's going to be a sad day for Republicans on November 7th."
Post Date: 2006-10-18 02:45:13 by Uncle Bill
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This is a partial transcript from "The Beltway Boys," on October 14, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. Watch "The Beltway Boys" Saturday at 6 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. ET and Sunday at 2:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. ET. FRED BARNES, CO-HOST: I'm Fred Barnes. MORT KONDRACKE, CO-HOST: And I'm Mort Kondracke, and we're "The Beltway Boys." BARNES: And "Hot Story" number one: "Slipping Away," by which I mean the election of 2006 slipping away for Republicans. Mort, I have talked in recent days to consultants, to strategists, to pollsters, to observers, to experts, to people who know a lot about elections in the Republican party. Now all of these ...
US lawyer jailed on terror charge
Post Date: 2006-10-17 19:21:27 by Zipporah
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US lawyer jailed on terror charge Ms Stewart told the judge she was not a traitor A US civil rights lawyer convicted of aiding terrorism by passing messages from a jailed client to his followers has been imprisoned for 28 months. Lynne Stewart, 67, was found guilty in February 2005 of helping Islamic cleric Omar Abdel Rahman contact radical disciples in Egypt. Abdel Rahman was jailed for life in 1995 for planning attacks in New York. Prosecutors had recommended Ms Stewart, who told the judge she was not a traitor, be given a 30-year sentence. Before the trial, the veteran attorney had asked for leniency. "The government's characterisation of me and what ...
An American Sentenced to Death in Iraq
Post Date: 2006-10-17 17:33:00 by aristeides
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An American Sentenced to Death in Iraq Scott Horton "Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live. Where was the judge he had never seen? Where was the High Court he had never reached? He raised his hands and spread out all his fingers. But the hands of one of the men closed round his throat, just as the other drove the knife deep into his heart and turned it twice." - Franz Kafka, Der Process, chapter 10 (1925) Today the Associated Press reports the case of an American citizen, Mohammed Munaf, seized by US Forces in Iraq in 2005. Munaf was hauled before the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, and sentenced to death following a ...
Bush Signs Un-American Military Commissions Act, ACLU Says New Law Undermines Due Process and the Rule of Law
Post Date: 2006-10-17 11:52:33 by Brian S
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(10/17/2006) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media@aclu.org WASHINGTON - As President Bush signed S. 3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 into law, the American Civil Liberties Union expressed outrage and called the new law one of the worst civil liberties measures ever enacted in American history. To highlight concerns with the act, the ACLU took out a full page advertisement in today's Washington Post, calling itself "the most conservative organization in America." Since its founding, the ACLU has fought to conserve the system of checks and balances and defend the Bill of Rights. The following can be attributed to Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director: "With ...
Raw obtains CENTCOM email to bloggers
Post Date: 2006-10-17 01:21:48 by robin
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43; 43;43;43;43;An email sent by United States Central Command (CENTCOM) to bloggers about the "global war on terror" (GWOT) has been obtained by RAW STORY. CENTCOM announced earlier this year that a team of employees would be "[engaging] bloggers who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as bloggers who are posting incomplete information." The email was not addressed to RAW STORY. "The main interest is to drive their readers to our site," Maj. Richard J. McNorton, chief of CENTCOM "engagement operations" said in a March release. In the same announcement, McNorton said that the emails have a "viral effect," as many bloggers ...
House Sergeant-at-Arms: oversight for one assassination, one attempted assassination, and a page scandal. That's one heckuva resume!
Post Date: 2006-10-16 23:42:26 by robin
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October 16, 2006 -- The House Page Board, which oversees the page program, has some interesting members. The first is the House Sergeant at Arms, Wilson Livingood. He got his start as a Special Agent for the Secret Service's Dallas Field Office, where he was posted from 1961 to 1969. Of course, the Secret Service, including the Dallas Field Office, miserably failed in the protection of President John F. Kennedy from assassination on November 22, 1963. Nevertheless, Livingood was promoted and transferred to the Presidential Protective Division of the Secret Service in Washington from 1969 to 1982, and was in Washington when President Ronald Reagan was hit by a bullet from John Hinckley, a ...
More funny business at CIA. (more on Susan Lindauer)
Post Date: 2006-10-16 23:39:42 by robin
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October 16, 2006 -- Our October 12 story on the jailing, without trial, of one-time CIA asset Susan Lindauer for continuing a pre-war backchannel between Washington and Baghdad has received further confirmation. Lindauer's principal CIA handler, Dr. Richard Fuisz, was a longtime agency operative, according to information received by WMR. Fuisz was affiliated with a CIA front in the 1980s and 90s called "Congress Financial." Fuisz was apparently involved in secret arms deals in the 1980s with Saddam Hussein. These deals involved the assembling of special Terex trucks in Motherwell, Scotland that were later used as rocket launchers by Saddam's forces in their war against Iran. ...
Lawyer gets 28 months jail for aiding terrorism
Post Date: 2006-10-16 19:05:38 by Horse
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York attorney convicted of aiding terrorism by helping a client smuggle messages to militant followers was sentenced on Monday to 28 months in prison. Lynne Stewart, 67, was convicted in February 2005 of helping her imprisoned client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, to contact the Islamic Group, which is listed by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization. Prosecutors said messages Stewart passed on for Abdel-Rahman could have ignited violence in Egypt. The sheikh was convicted in 1995 of conspiring to attack U.S. targets in a plot prosecutors said included the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Stewart, long a defender of the poor and unpopular, was sentenced by ...
GEORGE W. BUSH ANNOUNCES TO GOD AND THE WORLD THAT HE ENDORSES AND ENCOURAGES REPUBLICANS AND EVANGELICALS TO BREAK THE LAW BY ENDORSING CANDIDATES IN HOUSES OF WORSHIP
Post Date: 2006-10-16 18:51:49 by Uncle Bill
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SOURCE: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061012-12.html "And you win campaigns when people get out, and put up the signs, and make the phone calls, go to the community centers and houses of worship and say, support these candidates." George W. Bush The Law: "Tax-exempt organizations, including churches, may not participate or intervene in political campaigns on behalf of 'any candidate'. Intervention is broadly defined as "any and all activities that favor or oppose one or more candidate for public office," according to the Internal Revenue Service." Please call the IRS toll free at 1-800-829-0433 and report the criminal activity of ...
The One Question Test
Post Date: 2006-10-16 17:54:03 by bluedogtxn
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The One-Question Test by Linda Schrock Taylor by Linda Schrock Taylor DIGG THIS In 1812 (forty years before the passage of our first federal compulsory school laws), Pierre DuPont de Nemours published the book, Education in the United States. Dupont, one of the founders of the DuPont fortune, known to be brutally honest and direct, spoke of the phenomenal literacy rate in the United States; was amazed by the difference he saw when compared to European literacy. Dupont said that less then 4 people out of every thousand in the new nation could not read and do numbers well. In 1992 (one hundred and forty years after the passage of compulsory schooling laws) Regna Lee Wood, Director of ...
Every Knee Will Bow: The Truth And Tragedy Of Ruby Ridge And The Randy Weaver Family
Post Date: 2006-10-16 16:51:38 by Mind_Virus
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Every Knee Will Bow: The Truth And Tragedy Of Ruby Ridge And The Randy Weaver Family Jeffrey Kaplan WHY ARE Americans joining private armies to fight the American government, while defining their actions as patriotism?" Kenneth S. Stern asks. In the wake of Ruby Ridge, Waco and the Oklahoma City bombing, public officials and private citizens have pondered the sudden appearance of the citizen militias. Many wonder whether the rapid growth of militias across the American heartland could have taken place without some significant mainstream appeal. And many, especially in the Jewish community, note and fear the militias' potential for anti-Semitism. Stern and Jess Walter tell much the ...
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