Raw Story Using a questionable, unprecedented maneuver President Bush has installed a solid Republican majority on a supposedly bipartisan civil rights panel, leading it to abandon racial justice and civil rights cases in favor of arguing against school integration and affirmative action. The eight-member US Commission on Civil Rights has served for half a century…
By Josh White, Washington Post A federal judge in Washington ruled yesterday that a civil lawsuit alleging abuse and torture at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq can go forward against a U.S. military contractor, setting the stage for what could be the first case in a U.S. civilian court to weigh accountability for the…
Raw Story Legal papers filed in federal court Monday in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations disclose that the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued three secret memorandums relating to interrogation practices of detainees — one more than has been publicly revealed. The New York Times revealed…
The Raw Story Despite the criticism they have heaped onto President Bush’s attorney general nominee over the past few weeks, Democrats appear to lack the gumption necessary to do everything possible to prevent Michael Mukasey from becoming the country’s top cop. Two prominent Democrats on the Judiciary Committee surprised colleagues when they announced support for…
