I'm not even going to pretend to be surprised that St. McCain "is now facilitating the CIA's use of techniques that are unlawful, including some that are torture even by Senator McCain's own lights." McCain's public opposition to torture has been nominal when it comes...
the arbitrary executive
Good to see the fine folks in Tuscaloosa grasp what the Washington Post was unable to:Michael Mukasey may have a distinguished career as a judge but as U.S. attorney general,.
Speaking of bean's alma mater, some Yale students engage in a silent protest against advocate of torture and arbitrary executive power and Bush administration idea of a good federal judge.
In addition to pressuring U.S. Attorneys to pursue isolated cases of vote fraud for which there was no actual evidence, the DOJ made sure to delay the investigation of actual systematic electoral theft which may have won the GOP the 2002 New Hampshire Senate race...
How about that: new, Chuck Schumer-approved Attorney General Michael Mukasey stonewalls an inquiry into the destruction of CIA torture videos. I reiterate these remarks. This seems like a good time.
The CIA deliberately destroyed tapes of two of its "severe interrogations." The First Rule of the Bush administration: it can always get worse. Marty Lederman correctly calls out Jay Rockefeller,.
Hugo Chavez's referendum has apparently gone down to a narrow defeat. This is a good thing for reasons that Randy Paul explains here.
Via Yglesias, two of the key things you need to know about Giuliani:Beyond religious issues, a second conservative trait defined Giuliani's tenure: his Cheney-esque appetite for executive power. In 1999,.
I lay it out in a new article at TAP. This is a difficult question; I fully expected to support the nomination, and I certainly don't think that there will.
Yeah, I have to concede that I completely botched that one. I suppose "the Bush administration is always wrong" may not be literally true, but it's a pretty effective decision rule.