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Convictions bloggers Ben Wittes and Deborah Pearlstein just concluded an absolutely terrific panel, ''Ensuring Access to Justice for Detainees in the 'War on Terror,' '' ably moderated by Judge Marsha Berzon at the American Constitution Society's ongoing annual convention. Deborah Pearlstein's analysis of Boumediene, as well as of Munaf and ...
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I testified yesterday on ''Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government'' before the Senate judiciary committee's subcommittee on the Constitution. The hearing, chaired by Sen. Feingold, covered the range of the Bush administration's ''secret law.'' I talked primarily about the terrible harm of secret (and ...
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Oh, Deborah! Writing that there are negligible differences between Hoosier Ds and Rs, just days before our election! Last night I co-hosted a fundraiser here in Bloomington, Ind., aimed at electing a Democrat to replace Republican Mitch Daniels as governor of our Hoosier State, while we still have some remains of a government he hasn't ...
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Thanks to Marty and Phil for highlighting the recent NYT report that the U.S. incarcerates more of its people-and for longer periods-than any other nation, bar none. I was disappointed, though, that the story did not discuss the devastatingly disproportionate rates of imprisonment of racial minorities.
The U.S. ...
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I want to second Dahlia's frustration with those who don't see the newly released Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) torture memo as a big deal. Where is the outrage, the public outcry?! The shockingly flawed content of this memo, the deficient processes that led to its issuance, the horrific acts it encouraged, the fact that it was kept ...
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Eric writes, ''The question was whether The Times went about making its decision [to reveal the Bush administration's violations of FISA] in a responsible way.'' Marty and David's responses (citing Eric Lichtblau's column) have devastated any suggestion to the contrary (at least to my satisfaction; Eric P. seems unconvinced). I ...
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Eric, you changed the topic on me and perhaps misunderstood. The conversation was about the politics of abortion and Republican coalition--no one is questioning the sincerity of belief of many who would like to see Roe overruled and abortion banned.
Do you doubt that the legislation I described would likely ...
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[Dawn Johnsen] With apologies for the more-than-24-hour response time - an eternity for a blog, I know - I want to resurrect Eric's statement: ''Members of the Republican coalition are not so much concerned about Roe as about reducing the number of abortions.'' Implausible, I think, on its face. But for any for whom it may ...
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I have time only for a quick response to Adam White on Cheney’s assertion that the VP is not part of the executive branch. I did find ludicrous Cheney’s initial claim that he was not part of the executive branch, which he asserted for the purpose of perpetuating his cult of secrecy and avoiding reporting requirements related to classified ...
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by Dawn Johnsen
For this my inaugural substantive blog I want to pose a question much on my mind: how do we restore our nation's honor, as well as our own?
I am a bit tempted instead to join the fray over VP Cheney's filing of the D.C. guns brief, flatly at odds with the Bush administration's brief, begun by David Barron. ...