18 month ago
nelson : Scalia confuses 24 for reality - US Supreme Court justice actually cites Jack Bauer
Rod Begbie : globeandmail.com: What would Jack Bauer do? - Supreme Court judge Justice Antonin Scalia: "Are you going to convict Jack Bauer? Say that criminal law is against him? 'You have the right to a jury trial?' Is any jury going to convict Jack Bauer? I don't think so." No, really. Frightening. [via] #
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23 month ago
Rod Begbie : Gonzales: "There Is No Express Grant of Habeas Corpus In The Constitution" - Our Attorney General: "The Constitution doesn’t say, 'Every individual in the United States or every citizen is hereby granted or assured the right to habeas.' It doesn’t say that. It simply says the right of habeas corpus shall not be suspe [via] #
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26 month ago
plasticbag : Keith Olbermann on Habeas Corpus, GW Bush and the war on terror - The bit that should hit home and hit home hard is the bit about the next President of the United States, who could be the most unscrupulous man who has ever lived and now has more power to abuse American citizens than any terrorist could ever hope for...
philgyford : YouTube - Olbermann: the beginning of the end of America - Awesome rant about Bush's irresonsibility. Fantastic and relentless. I love how Americans still refer to the subject of their ire as "sir". (via Haddock)
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