ACLU Up and Arms Over New Patriot Act Provision
Posted on January 30, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Border Control/Homeland Security, News, War On Terror | 9 Comments
Via Fox News
A new provision tucked into the Patriot Act bill now before Congress would allow authorities to haul demonstrators at any “special event of national significance” away to jail on felony charges if they are caught breaching a security perimeter.
Sen. Arlen Specter , R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sponsored the measure, which [...]
Kissing A Commie
Posted on January 29, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, News, War On Terror | 11 Comments
Update: Kender says he will sponsor a prize to make this a caption contest. The prize will come from our store. So, caption away.
Hat tip: Wizbang
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) greets U.S activist Cindy Sheehan as he arrives at the meeting with World Social Forum Organizations in Caracas, Venezuela January 27, 2006. REUTERS/Jorge [...]
Read More..>>ACLU Off Their Rocker – What Else Is New?
Posted on January 29, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 6 Comments
Cross-posted from ACLU Watch
The LA Times (That pillar of the unbiased objectivity) is reporting:
U.S. forces in at least two cases have detained wives of suspected insurgents in Iraq in an attempt to pressure the men into surrendering, documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union confirm.
“This is not an acceptable tactic,” ACLU lawyer Amrit Singh [...]
War Without Warrants & Subpoenas
Posted on January 29, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | 13 Comments
The New York Timesand the ACLU are once again whining over the NSA debacle. I think they should hear this message from AJ Strata
To all those misinformed folks who have become so confused about FISA and NSA let me simplify it for you. We do not wage war with warrants and subpoenas. We fight [...]
Sunday Funnies
Posted on January 29, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | 2 Comments
image courtesy of faithmouse
Koran Karaoke courtesy of My Pet Jawa
Six Meat Buffet reveals the ACLU’s hidden agenda!
Slapstick Politics shows us Axis of Alito Filibluster
Liberty Just in Case has lots of good funnies.
Shoot A Liberal shows us Evil Glenn’s New Horizons
Atlass Shrugs shows us that Love is a many splendid thing
Publius Forum gives us a [...]
The Gun Toting Liberal
Posted on January 28, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | 7 Comments
The Gun Toting Liberal, one of my favorite liberals, is back and has some thoughts on HAMAS. While there have been many times that I have found myself in agreement with this “liberal”, I do not agree with his thoughts on this one. But I do want to welcome him back.
You see GTL, [...]
Remembering the Challenger: 7 New Stars In the Heavens
Posted on January 28, 2006 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment
Today marks 20 years since the Challenger disaster. I was 8 years old, and I remember sitting in our third grade classroom as we watched on television what was to be the first teacher in space. It gives me chills as I write this, remembering what was probably my very first traumatic experience. [...]
Read More..>>To filibuster or not to filibuster, that is the question.
Posted on January 28, 2006 - Filed Under Communism, News | 2 Comments
Sen. Kerry, Kennedy, and Clinton appear to be on board with a filibuster, and I’m all for it. I think the should filibuster it. I think when the vote comes up a few hours before the State of the Union, they should let the filibuster begin and let it bump the State of [...]
Read More..>>Clinton Joins In On Alito Filibuster Efforts
Posted on January 28, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 5 Comments
There isn’t enough votes to support a filibuster over the nomination of Samual Alito to the Supreme Court, but that isn’t stopping some of them from making a statement out of it. Earlier this week Senator John Kerry announced his desire to filibuster the nominee, and while poll after poll has shown America’s support [...]
Read More..>>Free on the Range
Posted on January 28, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off
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No Filibuster For Alito
Posted on January 27, 2006 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito enjoys sufficient bipartisan support to surmount any Senate filibuster attempt by minority Democrats, Senate leaders said Friday.
A final vote making the New Jersey jurist the nation’s 110th Supreme Court justice is scheduled for Tuesday, hours before President Bush gives his State of the Union address to Congress and the nation.
Democrats [...]
ACLU Loves Terrorists
Posted on January 27, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 10 Comments
Counter Terrorism Blog has an excellent post up today about the ACLU.
The American Civil Liberties Union has sent a letter (Acrobat) to Department of Justice calling for the dismissal of the remaining charges against former University of South Florida professor Sami al-Arian. Citing Al-Arian’s acquittal on 8 of the 17 charges against him, the ACLU [...]
Continued fascism at the University of Wisonsin
Posted on January 27, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment | Comments Off
4 The Little Guy has the story.
Read More..>>Carter Calls For Funding Hamas
Posted on January 26, 2006 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 17 Comments
Image by: Cox and Forkum
A day after Hamas swept to an upset victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections, former US President Jimmy Carter on Thursday said that Wednesday’s voting had been orderly and fair.
“The elections were completely honest, completely fair, completely safe and without violence,” the former president said.
Carter, who led an 85-member international observer [...]
Judicial Legislation: The Destructive Power of Injunctions
Posted on January 26, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | 5 Comments
Cross-posted from Part-Time Pundit by John Bambenek.
The judiciary has been characterized as what should be the weakest branch of government and for good cause. When a judge pronounces broad and sweeping judgments about what is or is not a “right” it bypasses democracy and establishes juristocracy. Such governments cannot be considered free.
An enormous [...]
