Category Archives: Politics
We know less about Sonia Sotomayor now than we did a week ago. – By Dahlia Lithwick – Slate Magazine
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Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center
Von Brunn runs the website holywesternempire.org, which was listed in 2008 as a hate site by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Von Brunn has a long history of associations with prominent neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers. In the 1980s or early 1990s, von Brunn was employed by Noontide Press, a part of the Holocaust denying Institute [...]
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MN Progressive Project:: The Public Option: kind of the point
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DOJ Admits More Errors In Alaska Corruption Cases : NPR
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George W. Bush sought to go under oath in library fight
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MinnPost – Empathy and the bench: It’s all about the spirit of the law
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Obama reverses Bush immigration lawyer rule
This is huge. Due process was a farce in the immigration law system even before Mukasey issued his twilight ruling.
Charles Kuck, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, called the move “the beginning of the restoration of due process in the immigration system.”
Kuck said that Holder’s decision “recognizes we can’t treat immigrants any differently than ourselves if [...]
Lowering the Bar: Cyclists Get More Room To Ride, Increased Taunt Protection