Legal Commentary

Wednesday Night Open Thread

By Jeralyn

The Obama Adminstration says enough to disclosure of CIA-detainee documents in the ACLU's FOIA lawsuit. The ACLU is not pleased.

Susan Atkins, paralyzed and dying, is up for parole again. She wanted to appear in person:

Atkins, 61, is riddled with cancer, paralyzed over most of her body and has had her left leg amputated. "She is kind of poor condition -- poor, but stable condition." Atkins is able to speak, but is not capable of entering the hearing room on her own....

Enough already. It's been 40 years. Let her out.

The SEC's Inspector General has a report saying the SEC bungled the Bernie Madoff probe for years. [More...]

President Obama will make a national speech on health care next Wednesday night.

Ok, dinner time here, this is an open thread, all topics welcome.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 02, 2009 (boomark / email).