Next Nominee Will Be Excellent
Posted on October 29, 2005 - Filed Under News, Supreme Court | Comments Off
Cross-posted from Right on the Right:
If the information being put out is correct, the next Supreme Court nominee will be an excellent strict constructionist. According to the Chicago Tribune, the administration has narrowed it down to Samuel Alito and Michael Luttig, two very excellent judges that sit on Federal Appeals Courts.
BUSH TO NOMINATE ALITO OR [...]
Sondra K’s Mission
Posted on October 29, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 9 Comments
Sondra K asked me to help spread this around. How could I not?
The attack had also upturned other parts of his life. The Argentina-born immigrant, who moved to the United States as a child, was injured just eight days before he was to be sworn in as a U.S. citizen in a ceremony in [...]
Bush Between A Rock And A Hard Place In Replacing O’Connor
Posted on October 29, 2005 - Filed Under News, Supreme Court | 7 Comments
President Bush is mulling a short list of prospective Supreme Court nominees this weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat.
Liberals fear Bush will nominate someone to please the GOP’s right flank, which opposed the failed nomination of Harriet Miers. Conservatives expect Bush to choose someone with a stellar legal background, judicial experience and a public [...]
Religion Is A Basic Human Right
Posted on October 29, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 7 Comments
I would like to draw your attention to an article by Alicia Colon in The New York Sun.
The piece is entitled, “the Assault On Religion In America” and mentions The Becket Fund, which describes itself as a nonprofit, nonpartisan, interfaith, legal and educational institute dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions. We [...]
Car Bomb Kills 25 in Iraq
Posted on October 29, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 3 Comments
BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a crowded small town northeast of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 40 more, police sources said.
The blast hit the Shi’ite town of Howaider, which is north of the provincial capital Baquba, around sundown when people would have been breaking the Ramadan [...]
Trick or Treat Weekend Trackback Party!
Posted on October 28, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | 5 Comments
Hope everyone has a spooky Halloween, and gets lots of candy! Michelle Malkin is having some Halloween fun. So share your tricks and treats with us for our Halloween trackback party!
Here is how it works. Edit a post to include a link to this post, and send a trackback. No link to this [...]
Carnival of True Liberties Submissions Due
Posted on October 28, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off
If you have a post that deals with civil liberties, how they are being stripped away via judicial activism, anti-ACLU, etc….
SUBMIT IT TO OUR CARNIVAL
The carnival will be held on Tuesday at And Rightly So
ACLU Protecting Sex Offender’s Halloween Rights
Posted on October 28, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU, Child Exploitation, News | 14 Comments
LANSING (AP) - A state lawmaker wants to ban sex offenders from Halloween. State representative Fran Amos of Waterford introduced a bill that would prohibit convicted sex offenders from handing out candy.
Offenders also could not have their porch lights on for trick-or-treating on October 31st or any other date set for Halloween by a local [...]
Libby Resigns
Posted on October 28, 2005 - Filed Under News | 3 Comments
Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, was charged with one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of making false statements and two counts of perjury in the CIA leak case.
Libby could face as much as 30 years in prison and $1.25 million in fines if convicted on all five [...]
The Questions Not Asked About Valerie Plame
Posted on October 28, 2005 - Filed Under ACLU, Communism, News | 20 Comments
Crossposted at Part-Time Pundit by John Bambenek
During the press conference this afternoon, US Prosecutor Fitzgerald emphasized that no one knew that Valerie Wilson/Plame worked for the CIA and that her cover has been blown. He said that she needed that cover and the blowing of that cover has harmed national security. After reading [...]
