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Chalk one up for the Constitution

Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:10 PM
This morning, the US Supreme Court handed down its decision in Boumediene v. Bush , holding that Guantanamo detainees have the right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts. As SCOTUSblog said: The Court, dividing 5-4, ruled that Congress had
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Chalk one up for the police state

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 6:55 PM
The Bush Administration's use of torture got a big boost from the US Supreme Court today. This afternoon, the court refused to hear the appeal of Khaled el-Masri , a German citizen whom the CIA mistook for someone else, kidnapped, and sent off to Afghanistan
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Malarky on Roberts' seizures

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:45 AM
So, the Chief Justice has two idiopathic seizures fourteen years apart , and now some smart-ass doctors (probably paid off by the drug companies) have diagnosed him as epileptic and in need of medication : Because the seizure was his second — he had a
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Chief Justice John Roberts, idiopathic seizures, and me

Monday, July 30, 2007 9:46 PM
Today, Chief Justice John Roberts suffered an idiopathic seizure; during the seizure, he fell and suffered minor injuries : Roberts has "fully recovered from the incident," and a neurological evaluation "revealed no cause for concern," the Supreme Court
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Bush sides with fraudsters against investors and retirees

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:05 PM
Bush is a gangster , pure and simple: President Bush expressed displeasure with a government strategy that would have given plaintiffs' lawyers more leeway to sue over corporate fraud, administration officials said yesterday. He's siding with the agents
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Love that dirty water

Wednesday, June 06, 2007 1:39 PM
The Bush administration's EPA has struck a blow against the Clean Water Act : The landmark U.S. law to fight water pollution will now apply only to bodies of water large enough for boats to use , and their adjacent wetlands, and will not automatically
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A setback for discrimination victims

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:44 PM
The Supreme Court ruled today that victims of sexual or racial discrimination have only six months to file a complaint after the very first act of discrimination occurs. If a worker is denied a pay raise based on sex or race, they must file within that
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The Supreme Court gets one right

Monday, April 30, 2007 3:31 PM
The US Supreme Court hardly ever gets involved in patent cases. Today was one of those rare times; they issued a unanimous decision in a patent case ( KSR v. Teleflex ) which I believe will be considered a landmark. It's also one I agree with. At issue
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