Judiciary

America Doesn't Need More Strict Constructionist Judges

Paul Diamond | Posted 09.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Amendment, Judicial Activism, Supreme Court Justice, Supreme Court, Constructionist, Judiciary, Thomas Jefferson, Mccain, Constitution, Bush, Home News
Paul Diamond

The Constitution does not exist in a vacuum. People look to the courts to answer how the law applies today to the circumstances they face brought on by social and technological changes.

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Urge Congress to Vote Contempt for Karl Rove

Don Siegelman | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Department of Justice, Congress, Alberto Gonzales, Politicization, Karl Rove, Doj, Don Siegelman, Justice Department, Nancy Pelosi, Judiciary, Judiciary Committee, John Conyers, Politics News
Don Siegelman

I'm urgently enlisting your help to hold Karl Rove accountable for politicizing the Department of Justice -- including the prosecution that targeted me -- because our time may well be running out.

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Bid'n his Time: If it's Joe, Don't Ignore his Constitutional Gravitas

Paul Abrams | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Constitution, Joe Biden, Foreign Policy, Judiciary, Barack Obama, Judges, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Everyone knows Biden's expertise in foreign policy. It has overshadowed his equal expertise on the law, the Constitution, and the Judiciary -- it should not.

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Anti-Corruption Efforts Must Come First in Afghanistan

Lisa Gans | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Foreign Aid, United Nations, World Bank, Judiciary, Afghanistan, Justice Sector, Justice, Politics News
Lisa Gans

A corrupt society like that in Afghanistan is a lawless one, and in a lawless environment, nothing works and everyone lives in fear, clinging to tribal or ethnic affiliations to protect them.

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McCain and the Imperial Presidency

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Judiciary, Barack Obama, Judges, Hillary Clinton, Imperial Presidency, John McCain, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

Will Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama get up and denounce this revitalized imperial presidency? The answer, I fear, is that you shouldn't hold your breath.

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Truth or Conseqences/Part 1 - John Dean

Paula Gordon | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Executive, Federalist Society, John Dean, Wrong Wing, Republicans, Legislative, Fundamentalists, Scalia, Judiciary, Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Politics News
Paula Gordon

If the Founders did not write it in the Constitution itself eons ago, forget it. Period. If you're tempted to dismiss this as arcane legal theory, don't.

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