ACLU’s Opinion Requested on Bird Flu Pandemic Planning

Posted on November 3, 2005 - Filed Under News | 3 Comments

The ACLU is in the business of grabbing headlines these days… now, in the context of a potential avian flu pandemic and the government’s response to it. From The Boston Globe there’s this report, excerpted:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. –The Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says residents could be quarantined unfairly in [...]

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Alito Hearings to Begin in January (VIDEO)

Posted on November 3, 2005 - Filed Under News, Supreme Court | Comments Off

Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter announced that the confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito will begin in early January.
DOWNLOAD and view video here.
(cross posted at The Political Teen)

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AP Reports on Racists Attacking Steele

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) _ A blogger’s depiction of Lt. Gov. Michael Steele in minstrel makeup has brought to surface issues of race _ and fidelity to one’s race _ as the Republican seeks to become Maryland’s first black senator.
A black man in New York who runs a left-leaning news commentary site created the image and [...]

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Stop The ACLU Thursday 11/3/05

Posted on November 3, 2005 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Abortion, Church And State, News | 7 Comments

In recent days we have been bombarded with news concerning the Bush Administration and its troubles with the Valerie Plame idiocy. And as tempting as it is to talk about that and Rep. Tom Delay’s victories in Texas, this is a subject oriented blog and this is Stop The ACLU BlogBurst Thursday.
It seems from my [...]

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