"State Supreme Court Denies Washingtonâs Plea for Release
By Annette Jones
The Winchester Star
Convicted murderer Jeffery Franklin Washingtonâs petition for a writ of habeas corpus has been denied by the Virginia Supreme Court.
A writ of habeas corpus is a legal...
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"The Supreme Court today delivered a stunning rebuke to the Bush administration over its plans to try Guantanamo detainees before military commissions, ruling that the commissions are unconstitutional.In a 5-3 decision, the court said the trials were not authorized under U.S....
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"An Open Message to the Right: Please, please, please keep talking about taking the NY Times to court over this. Please lean on the Bush administration, Congress, your drug-addled-viagra-popping pundits, and anyone else who will listen. Please get this before a real court of...
Working and paying taxes is no excuse for breaking the law. Nor is
having an American family. There's an interesting point in this case:
He could have married the mother of his son and applied for adjustment
of status. He could have married her before the birth, or before...
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A well-done editorial piece on the politicization of the courts and a nice reminder that there is no mandate that the Court be ideologically evenly split liberal/conservative at all times.