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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therawstory Agence France-Presse AMMAN, Dec 15, 2008 (AFP) – A Jordan-based Iraqi rights group said on Monday it has filed 200 lawsuits against US former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld and American security firms for their alleged role in torturing Iraqis. Ali Qeisi, head of the group the “Society of Victims of the US Occupation in…
By Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post Vice President Cheney’s office offered its first public written explanation yesterday for its refusal to comply with an executive order regulating the handling of classified material, arguing that the order makes clear that the vice president is not subject to the oversight system it creates for federal agencies. In a…
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Mikael Rudolph www.Impeachforpeace.org New Hampshire was one of the first Thirteen Colonies, the very first to declare independence from tyrannical King George, the very first state to have its own constitution and is where the first primary in the quadrennial U.S. presidential election cycle is traditionally held. Does New Hampshire hold the key to accelerating…
ImpeachforPeace cofounder Mikael Rudolph is interviewed by Suzanne Linton on “Our World Today” in a show entitled: “IMPEACH: Restore the Constitution and the Rule of Law”.
By Keith St. Clair,The Fresno Bee A federal appeals court ruled Monday that some portions of the U.S. Patriot Act that govern dealings with foreign terrorist organizations are unconstitutional because the language is too vague to be understood by a person of ordinary intelligence. The ruling released Monday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of…
