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Forget Impeachment: Grab The Tar And Feathers
March 13, 2007 In this column last week, I asked the question, Should President George W. Bush be impeached? The specific precursor for that question was the guilty verdict of former White House insider Lewis “Scooter” Libby. In my mind, that trial and subsequent conviction demonstrated that there is more than enough circumstantial evidence to…
Lt. Watada Cannot be Retried after Mistrial!
Mistrial Declared for War Resister Lt. Watada By Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet Posted February 8, 2007 (Cohn and Watada with Mikael Rudolph of ImpeachforPeace.org) When the Army judge declared a mistrial over defense objection in 1st Lt. Ehren Watada’s court martial on Wednesday, he probably didn’t realize jeopardy attached. That means that under the Double Jeopardy…
Bush Justice Is a National Disgrace
By John S. Koppel, US Department of Justice The Denver Post As a longtime attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, I can honestly say that I have never been as ashamed of the department and government that I serve as I am at this time. The public record now plainly demonstrates that both the…
How We Can Take the Constitution Back From the Brink
By Tara Lohan, AlterNet. At no time in our country’s history has the abuse of power by the executive branch been more flagrant and more dangerous to democracy. In just the past month, the Bush administration has ordered employees to ignore congressional subpoenas, asserted broad new parameters for executive privilege and issued an executive order…
