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Iraqi Detainee System: 25 Lawyers, 7,000+ Detainees

Posted on September 23, 2008
The Los Angeles Times has a quick article on the overwhelmingly crowded and clogged Iraqi detainee system where some detainees have been held for years without having their case heard by a judge. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bill Clinton's Appearance on "The View"

Posted on September 23, 2008
Former President Bill Clinton recently appeared on "The View," for the first time, and said that Hillary Clinton didn't really want to be Vice President but that she would have been the best pick... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Americans text more than they talk [Digg]

Posted on September 23, 2008
Cell phone users in the U.S. have caught on to the texting craze. On a monthly basis, they send more SMS messages than make phone calls, according to a new survey.

Senate Holding Hearing Tomorow on Federal Courts and Equality for Workers

Posted on September 22, 2008
A study released by the American Constitution Society recently revealed that, at the trial level, employers are going to win 80 percent of employment discrimination lawsuits. Tomorrow, at 10a.m.,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Biden Calls Own Campaign Ad 'Terrible'

Posted on September 22, 2008
In an interview with CBS' Katie Couric, referring to an attack ad on McCain's confessed inability to use a computer, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden said he thought the ad was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New McCain Ad: "Chicago Machine"

Posted on September 22, 2008
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FactCheck.org: John McCain Did Vote with President Bush 95% of the Time

Posted on September 22, 2008
A check with Congressional Quarterly's assessment of McCain's voting record revealed that Barack Obama's campaign is not lying when it says the Republican Presidential nominee votes with President... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Long-time Admirer & Biographer: How McCain Lost Me. [Digg]

Posted on September 22, 2008
This didn't happen overnight, however McCain's recent conduct of his campaign -his willingness to lie repeatedly and to play Russian roulette with the vice-presidency, in order to fulfill his long-held ambition -has reinforced my earlier, and growing, sense that John McCain is not a principled man...

How Financial Madness Really Overtook Wall Street [Digg]

Posted on September 22, 2008
There are two ways to look at this. There's Wall Street's way, which features theories and numbers and equations and gobbledygook and, ultimately, rationalization. Then there's the right way, which involves asking the questions that really matter: How did we get here? How do we get out of it? And what does all this mean for the average joe?

Palin's Church May Have Shaped Controversial Worldview [Digg]

Posted on September 22, 2008
Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God.

Keith Olbermann Impersonation

Posted on September 21, 2008
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"I'm John McCain and I Approve This Message"

Posted on September 21, 2008
Written with help from Al Franken: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

"Congress should say no to Bush's last-gasp bid for more executive power."

Posted on September 19, 2008
Professor Neal Katyal, the lawyer who argued on behalf of the petitioner in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, and Justin Florence, a fellow at Georgetown's Center for Law and National Security, have an article on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Is Conservatism Primitive Behavior?

Posted on September 19, 2008
Scientists continue to figure out the origins and foundations for political beliefs and behavior and have recently added physiology to their batch of explanations. Individuals who are more easily... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Fight Against Discriminatory Bar Cover Fees

Posted on September 19, 2008
Earlier last month a Nevada civil rights panel ruled that "a health club discriminated against men by charging them more for membership than they charged women." However, in the same ruling, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Screenshot: Barack Obama's Gmail Account Hacked

Posted on September 19, 2008
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Court Rules Employer Cannot Fire Employee Who Sent 12,000+ Text Messages from Work

Posted on September 19, 2008
Obviously this decision came from outside of the United States. The Italian Supreme Court ruled that an employer could not terminate its employee that had sent more than 12,000 text messages from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

President Clinton Has Kind Words for McCain/Palin

Posted on September 19, 2008
Former President Bill Clinton gave a few unexpected kind words about Republican Presidential nominees John McCain and Sarah Palin while in an interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo last night. Clinton... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Palin's [Now] Famous Eyeglasses Cost $400

Posted on September 18, 2008
They're the clear-rim MP-704 glasses, made of super-light and non-allergenic metal called titanium manufactured by a Japanese frame designer, Kazuo Kawasaki. They cost about $400 in the United States... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Foreign Courts Paying Less Attention to U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on September 18, 2008
While it's highly debated amongst Supreme Court Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court and legal scholars over whether or not to study and cite foreign law and decisions when handling cases affecting the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Fiorina's "McCain nor Palin Could Run a Major Corporation" Non-Gaffe

Posted on September 18, 2008
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and Chairman of the Board, Carly Fiorina, has been in major hot water lately with the media and now with the McCain campaign over a "gaffe" she recently made while... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Obama "Fundamentals" Ad

Posted on September 17, 2008
It may have been the Iraq war issue that propelled each of these candidates to the front of their party but the timing of the Lehman Bros. collapse and recent bailout of AIG may mean it will be the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Maghound: The Netflix of Magazines

Posted on September 17, 2008
If you're a magazine lover that wishes they could subscribe to dozens of publications per month without dishing out serious money then you'll love Maghound.com. Here are some specifics about the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Katie Couric Gets to Interview Sarah Palin Next

Posted on September 17, 2008
Set to air on September 29th and 30th on the "CBS Evening News" and "The Early Show," CBS anchor Katie Couric is next to interview Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Fox News... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Urging the Supreme Court to Reconsider Sentencing for "Acquitted Conduct"

Posted on September 17, 2008
In the 1997 case of U.S. v. Watts the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the principle that sentencing can be based on uncharged or acquitted conduct. That is, though a jury may find a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bill Maher on The Rachel Maddow Show

Posted on September 16, 2008
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Chris Matthews Grills McCain Senior Advisor About "Fundamentally Sound" Remark

Posted on September 16, 2008
MSNBC's Chris Matthews is usually a passionate, fired-up political commentator but I think yesterday's 500+ point crash on Wall Street had him extra stimulated and John McCain's remark that the U.S.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On Bookshelves Now: 'Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency'

Posted on September 16, 2008
From Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman comes, 'Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency.' ACSBlog has a brief summary of the book's topics: The first part explores the role David Addington, Vice... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Cass R. Sunstein: "McCain's Court is Change We Don't Need"

Posted on September 16, 2008
Harvard professor of law Cass R. Sunstein is on a roll lately with another article about the Supreme Court of the United States and the 2008 Presidential election in The Huffington Post. Professor... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Authoring New Book

Posted on September 16, 2008
Speaking at a conference on courts and the new media at the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law in Tucson on Septemer 9, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer revealed that he is writing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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