President Bush currently has the power to declare anyone he wants, including U.S. citizens, to be an “enemy combatant” — and imprison them indefinitely without access to our court system - and without any explanation for their imprisonment.
The Senate is set to vote this week on whether or not to restore habeas corpus — the [...]
Close Guantanamo Bay…and don’t just move them to the shiny new “detention centers” in Texas. All detainees should either be charged and tried in accordance with international fair trial standards or else released.
Today, Amnesty International activists around the country and the world mark the fifth anniversary of the first transfer of detainees to Guantánamo Bay [...]
“Let the world go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing [...]
The Cheney-Specter bill makes following the protections in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act totally optional. The bill would change the law so that foreign intelligence surveillance of Americans could be conducted without following FISA’s requirement of individualized judicial review of wiretaps. The bill would change the law to allow the president to ignore [...]
This about sums it up. Bush really doesn’t seem to be able to accept the differences between American democracy and a kingship.
Bush declares himself absolute ruler: It’s ‘my government’
August 8, 2006 6:28 AM
Once again, President George W. Bush has shown complete disregard and utter contempt for the documents which define this country: The Declaration of [...]
Republican Pete Hoekstra, Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has criticized Bush for hiding more surveillance programs from Congressional oversight. The NY Times has published his criticism of Bush on this matter.
On Fox News Sunday, Hoekstra said that a whistleblower came to him with several more spying operations that were in danger of being abused [...]
Tell Congress you oppose the “marriage” amendment to our Constitution. I did….
How dare you try to amend our Constitution to discriminate against any American citizen? How dare you appeal to hate? How dare you use God for this!
This is so low, so hypocritical. You won’t dabate Iraq, but you WILL debate this?
Is this [...]
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