The Supreme Court gives Gitmo detainees the right to challenge their detention in court. Stephen asks Neal Katyal if his goal of bringing rights to the prisoners at Guantanamo is his private jihad. Click through for video.
How is America to know which individual running in this election will be the best commander and chief executive officer? If we were to use ABC’s democratic debate on Wednesday, April 16 as a sample interview, we might confuse a presidential campaign for a soap opera audition. ABC promoted the debate with images of Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, the big guns. Watching the promos I inferred that these two seasoned journalists were to ask hard hitting, vital policy questions. Instead, both, perhaps fed by company agendas or the gossip appeal of certain topics, pounded away for the majority of the debate about non-issues.
Clingy Constitution: Applies Even on Slippery Slopes
By Arthur
April 4th, 2008 | illegal domestic spying, politics | 2 Comments
The fourth amendment of the United States Constitution provides protection from unreasonable searches and seizures. Number 4 was introduced in response to the writs of assistance that helped fan the flames of the American Revolution. The writs were open-ended warrants granted by the British parliament to search the American people and their property indefinitely.1 These writs could be passed between authorities and granted immunity to authorities for any damage they caused using the writ.
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