Julie Menin, 12.18.2009
Host of "Give and Take," seen on NBC In New York and juliemenin.com
Emotions bubbled to the surface in lower Manhattan this week. Neighborhood activists lambasted Eric Holder's decision to hold the KSM trial in the shadow of the World Trade Center site.
Dave Maass, 12.23.2009
One pot provider facing criminal charges has filed a motion in court accusing the administration of entrapment, because Obama pledged to stop prosecuting medical-marijuana providers whose operations are consistent with state law.
Rebecca Abrahams, 12.17.2009
Freelance Film and Television Producer
While the DOJ is making a point to review Republican corruption cases, like Ted Stevens, not one Democrat case has been completely overturned.
Paul Helmke, 12.11.2009
President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
it is time for Congress to start listening to the American people -- including NRA members and gun owners -- instead of responding to the dictates of NRA bosses.
Paul Helmke, 12.10.2009
President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
We want security not only for the president and our top officials, but also for ourselves and our families. Yet as a nation we make it very easy for dangerous people to arm themselves.
Mike Papantonio, 12.01.2009
Senior partner of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor
The engine driving the impending train wreck for Obama and his spineless advisors is that he made promises that turned out millions of supporters. That promise was that we were going to see "change." Soon we began to see "Bush Lite."
Heather Robinson, 11.30.2009
Former Senior Writer for the New York Daily News
To put it simply, in bringing these men to civilian trial the Obama Administration is allowing for the possibility that they may be released at some point, unless the trials are kangaroo trials.
Lincoln Mitchell, 11.25.2009
Assistant Professor in the Practice of International Politics, Columbia University
For many Republicans, none more so than Rudy Giuliani, the KSM trial is merely an opportunity to get some media attention and take a cheap shot at the president.
Chris Weigant, 11.21.2009
Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)
Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.
Michael Winship, 11.21.2009
Senior writer at Bill Moyers Journal on PBS
Most of us who live not far from Ground Zero, and who were here on 9/11, see New York as an appropriate and just venue, and aren't afraid that the trial will result in terrorist retribution.
Michael Smerconish, 11.19.2009
Columnist, Radio Host
Sen. Arlen Specter would like to see Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial be televised, stemming from a prosecutorial belief that trying him in a federal civilian court is the right decision.
Adam Hanft, 11.21.2009
Political Columnist, CEO of Hanft Unlimited
Tough-guy Rudy Giuliani and touchy-feely David Paterson are in unlikely and violent agreement: making Manhattan Ground Zero for the Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial is a very bad idea.
David Danzig, 11.21.2009
Deputy Program Director at Human Rights First
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 11/18/09 - Legal proceedings, such as they are, rumbled to life again today at Guantanamo Bay. Pre-trial issues in the case of M...
Allison Kilkenny, 11.19.2009
Radio host, writer, allisonkilkenny.com
When contrasted with the recent statements by Attorney General Eric Holder on the KSM trial, the Right really does look like a bunch of sniveling cowards.
Chris Weigant, 11.18.2009
Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)
The upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has revealed that a whole lot of people have totally and utterly forgotten the way our system of justice is designed to operate.
Stephen Paul Smith, 11.18.2009
Human Rights Watch legal intern, Co-author, 'The Guantanamo Effect'
Military commissions were created under Bush to circumvent legal protections. Under Obama, the underlying purpose remains the same. The new commissions offer little hope for swift and decisive justice.
Paul Helmke, 11.18.2009
President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
At gun shows in 43 states, felons, gangsters, wife-beaters, and the dangerously mentally ill can buy assault weapons, semi-automatic pistols and other firearms with no questions asked.
Spencer Green, 11.17.2009
Visit Mr. Green's website parallelfilmguide.com
(INT. NEW YORK SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURTROOM - 2010 - Judge Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont) is behind the bench, as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (Zeppo) an...
Nathan Havey, 11.17.2009
New Media Communications/Political Consultant, Videographer, Feminist
Friday the 13th has a reputation for being the scariest of day-of-the-week/date combinations. The Obama administration selected last Friday (the 13th ...
Andy Borowitz, 11.17.2009
BorowitzReport.com
While Eric Holder did not indicate how long the detainees might be held at the DMV, he did say that the DMV "is capable of detaining them indefinitely."
Mark Green, 11.17.2009
President of Air America Media
Beyond the merits of Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in federal criminal court in Manhattan is the fact that it was his decision.