By: Carrie Budoff, The Politico
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) plans to review the Senate testimony of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel A. Alito to determine if their reversal of several long-standing opinions conflicts with promises they made to senators to win confirmation.
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Specter, who championed their confirmation, said Tuesday he will personally re-examine the testimony to see if their actions in court match what they told the Senate. “There are things he has said, and I want to see how well he has complied with it,” Specter said, singling out Roberts.
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USA Today – On Politics Kucinich takes impeachment talk to next level with call for action on Cheney By: Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence As The Sleuth noted Tuesday (and On Deadline today mentions as well), Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio has sent a letter to his colleagues in the House urging…
By Marjorie Cohn, Afterdowningstreet.org When the hideous photographs of torture and abuse emerged from Abu Ghraib in the spring of 2004, they created a public relations disaster for the Bush administration. The White House had painstakingly worked to capitalize on the 9/11 attacks by creating a “war on terror.” Never mind the absurdity of declaring…
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Takoma Park, Maryland Impeach Bush & Cheney — I just heard a rumor that Alexandria, VA is working on a similar resolution to the one we are working on. Don’t let them beat us to be the first place inside the Beltway to pass this!! Let’s get busy TP! (Anybody know anything about this, please…
By Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive After a myriad of stories about people being excluded from events where the President is speaking, now we know that the White House had a policy manual on just how to do so. Called the “Presidential Advance Manual,” this 103-page document from the Office of Presidential Advance lays out the…
by Stephen Fournier, Opednews.comConyers, and the others don’t have impeachment on the table is that it would spoil their summer. Member of Congress is a job, just like yours, and it comes with a month off in the summer (unlike yours). For most of these people, it’s the only job they’ve ever done well: shaking…
