Souter, concurring in Boumediene: It is in fact the very lapse of four years from the time Rasul put everyone on notice that habeas process was available to Guantanamo prisoners, and the lapse of six years since some of these prisoners were captured and incarcerated, that...
The Supreme Court today held 5-4 that Guantanamo detainees have a right to habeas corpus and that the procedures that Congress put into place with the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA).
Jesus, Retardo is one dumb motherfuckerone misguided dude. If he had bothered to ask, I would have told him that I made my way to Florida and Israel on business,.
[Nixon would] top just short of calling the President a liar on Vietnam, then add that he would not be speaking of the war during Johnson's "sensitive negotiations with Hanoi" before extending his sympathy to the President for all the "well-intentioned but mistaken Democrats who have...
The Obama monkey doll is out.Really.(via)
Via SN!, here's John Miller at The Corner, showing once again that wingnuts are the most incurious people on the planet.Lennonism [John J. Miller]K Lo: I'm with you on "Imagine".
Speaking of conservative histories, I'd be remiss in not mentioning A Patriot's History of the United States, a jaw-droppingly terrible book that would only appeal to readers who aren't literate enough to comprehend Paul Johnson's vastly superior History of the American People.How bad is it? Here's...
Good for Junior.
Shorter Verbatim Camille Paglia: "I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised at the ecstatic media lockstep praising Hillary's so-called concession speech last weekend. This is the same herd of sheep.
I remain convinced. See also Drum.Let me also add: Sebelius '08! On the question of Joe Biden, I could see a case -- if he hadn't been in favor of the war. As it stands, I think it would be crazy to pick someone almost exclusively...
John F. Kennedy, telegram to George Wallace, 10 June 1963:I am gratified by the dedication to law and order expressed in your telegram informing me of your use of National.
I was in the middle of arguing with Lemuel Pitkin about John Holbo's post about this blog post by Stanley Fish, when for some reason the crooked timber supercomputer decided.