The following appeared in a Christian Science Monitor story about two hours ago: The Fourth Circuit’s decision has profound repercussions. … It grants the executive discretion to displace the constitutional protections of the criminal justice system, including the right to speedy presentment, confrontation, and trial by jury, merely by alleging a connection to possible terrorist … Continue reading Retrieving our Constitution
Clearly I have exhausted my interest in politics and political news, for a while at least. I know Obama is busy choosing his cabinet and making lots of appointments, but I’ve paid more attention to the economy, the situation in Mumbai, the holidays, Christmas shopping, and the Black Friday trampling death at Wal-Mart and shooting … Continue reading Obama, Hillary, Palin, and that lame duck dude
Amendment XX to the U.S. Constitution changed the end of the President’s term of office from March 4 to January 20. Ratified in 1933, it recognized that times had changed, that a four-month presidential transition was no longer necessary, and that it exposed the U.S. to a dangerously long period of lame-duck governance. One has … Continue reading Time for another Constitutional amendment
The Bush administration is determined to go after the gray wolves in our Northern Rockies. Yet another plan is in the works to allow mass hunts of a species still struggling to regain a viable population in the Lower 48. You’d think in the last days of his presidency, George Bush could find a more … Continue reading Bush going after wolves … again
I fell asleep last night thinking about some of the blogs I had read yesterday. Of course I didn’t expect them all to be ecstatic about Obama’s election; after all, almost half the country voted for John McCain. No, what stuck in my mind was how many of those McCain supporters were expressing fear (their … Continue reading We are not yet one nation
It will come as no surprise to anyone that George Bush’s speech last night angered me. How dare he step in at the eleventh hour in this financial crisis and pull scare tactics on the American public! We didn’t create this problem. We have no vote on the bailout plan. We’ve been scared for months, … Continue reading Bailout: American taxpayers on the hook … again
