In case you haven’t figured out, I’ve been swamped this week (I drove to CO to help my mom pack up her house so I’ve been packing boxes for the last several days). Thanks to bmaz for minding the liquor cabinet (and more importantly, for keeping on top of the news). In the meantime, there […]
In a stunning and refreshing decision, the British High Court has overruled the British government’s attempt to suppress torture evidence on the US and British treatment of Binyam Mohamed. From The Guardian: David Miliband, the foreign secretary, acted in a way that was harmful to the rule of law by suppressing evidence about what the […]
Just two days ago we were discussing the status of EFF v. ODNI, the FOIA case in NDCA where disclosure is being sought of documents evidencing the telecom lobbying on immunity for corporate participation in Bush’s surveillance program. As you will recall, Judge White had denied the various stay attempts put forth by the government […]
Michael Fletcher has an article in Friday’s Washington Post entitled “Obama Criticized as Too Cautious, Slow on Judicial Posts“. President Obama has not made significant progress in his plan to infuse federal courts with a new cadre of judges, and liberal activists are beginning to blame his administration for moving too tentatively on what they […]
Alan Grayson should get another shot at Alex Castellanos, now that he is finally going to be forced to admit he’s a paid insurance industry shill.
As most of you know, Proposition 8 in California is the anti gay marriage provision. Supporters of the basic right to gay marriage sued the State of California after passage of Proposition 8 as a ballot initiative in last falls elections. Today were oral arguments on a motion for summary judgment filed by a group […]
Judge Jeffrey S. White has entered a new order in the NDCA denying the government’s request for a stay pending appeal in the telco documents FOIA case brought by the EFF . And he did it before the government ever even really asked for a stay!
Some of the documents long FOIAed from Chris Christie’s tenure as USA have been released. And they don’t have good news for Christie.
Robert Wexler, the “Fire Breathing Liberal” may be on the cusp of resigning his seat in Congress. From Post On Politics: U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Boca Raton, will resign from Congress to take a “public policy position,” several Democratic sources said today. “He called. He is going to resign….He told me that he is moving […]
Harry Reid is in electoral trouble in Nevada, he has a very competent challenger looming on the GOP side and liberal and union activists will not be supporting him if he continues his failure to lead.
