John McCain on Presidential Power

Senator McCain has a reputation for "straight talk." And we have to say, he does talk straight here.  It appears that the Senator answered these questions in interview since there are follow-up questions.  And he did answer several questions with surprising...

Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson on Presidential Power

Mr Huckabee and Mr Thompson, like Mr Giuliani, failed to answer any of The Boston Globe's questions on presidential power.  Unlike Mr Giuliani, these two didn't even submit a statement.  We're going to take the liberty of asserting that their positions on these...

Ministers may force through act to curb jury fraud trials

"The government is poised to use the Parliament Act 1949 to force through a law allowing the most complex fraud cases to be tried without a jury. Ministers are expected to reintroduce a bill providing for fraud trials to be tried by a judge alone after three previous attempts...

Romney in Deep Doo-Doo?

"Romney in Deep Doo-Doo? Posted by Ana Marie Cox | Comments (150) | Permalink | Trackbacks (0) | Email This I'll have a more formal version of this story up in a bit, but: it turns out that strapping your dog to the roof of your car might actually be against Massachusetts...

constitutional crisis, in my mind - FISA needs to get out from under the exec...

""The procedures under the surveillance act are streamlined, but nevertheless involve a number of bureaucratic steps." True enough, the FISA statute contains a number of requirements that certain executive branch officials approve FISA applications before they go forward....

Any Casus Belli Will Do

"According to Russian intelligence, U.S.-allied armed forces in and around the Persian Gulf are being readied for an attack on Iran in the very near future. However, the pretext for the attack may not be related to the increasingly frantic, but totally unsubstantiated,...

Will Plainfield be another Waco?

by Mark Yannone - In defending themselves against a federal government they claim is operating outside the government's jurisdiction, Ed and Elaine Brown have filed 42 motions in Concord, New Hampshire's, US District Court and had every one denied. The couple then spent three...

U.S. & British support for Saddam

Evidence suggests that Saddam was on the CIA payroll as early as 1959.

The International Criminal Tribunal At Tokyo

"The Tribunal being conscious of the basic principle of jurisprudence that *no one must be condemned unheard*, that *justice must not only be done but appear to be done*; appointed amicus curiae, a Senior counsel from Japan, to assist with the defense of the Defendant;...