ACLU Threatens To Sue MBTA

Posted on June 13, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 1 Comment

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has threatened to sue the MBTA over its unwritten policy limiting photographs on T property, saying the practice is a violation of the First Amendment and state constitution.
“We fully understand and support reasonable efforts by the MBTA to address concerns about criminal and terrorist activity,” wrote John Reinstein [...]

Court Urged to Protect CIA Documents From ACLU

Posted on June 13, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | Comments Off

Cross Posted From Gribbit’s Word
The ACLU was in federal appeals court yesterday attempting to achieve a reversal of a lower court ruling which protected documents that the CIA neither confirms or denies exist.
The ACLU acting upon their own paranoia and leaked newspaper reports, has demanded that a federal court grant a Freedom of Information Act [...]

Mr. Peanut Teaches Us that ‘Torture is a Moral Issue’

Posted on June 13, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 2 Comments

As previously discussed by Stop the ACLU, liberal activist groups are using the Club Gitmo suicides as an excuse to make Conservatives look insensitive and pressure the adminstration to close the resort. The ACLU, Amnesty International, and CBS News are calling for more “open debate,” greater “action for human rights” and demanding that terrorists not [...]

Kennedy pleads guilty to DUI

Posted on June 13, 2006 - Filed Under News | 3 Comments

Via AP
Rep. Patrick Kennedy has reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of prescription drugs in connection for his middle-of-the-night car crash last month near the U.S. Capitol.
Two additional charges of reckless driving and failure to exhibit a driving permit will be dismissed under the plea [...]

Matt Drudge Interviews Ann Coulter (mp3)

Posted on June 13, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, News | 1 Comment

ANN COULTER INTERVIEW
Listen to (or download) Matt Drudge’s interview with Ann Coulter from his Sunday night radio show. They discuss her new book, the Jersey gals and the liberals’ reaction to what she has to say.
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Michael Panter is a good liberal. For Panter, free speech is free only when it’s his speech — not Ann [...]

Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad

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Update: Awesome video of Bush talking to the troops.

Via AP
President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday to meet newly named Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and discuss the next steps in the troubled, three-year-old war.
It was a dramatic move by Bush, traveling to violence-rattled Baghdad less than a week after the death [...]

Rove Won’t Be Charged in C.I.A. Leak Case

Posted on June 13, 2006 - Filed Under News | 2 Comments

Just wanted to post this news real quick: NY Times:
The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case on Monday advised Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, that he would not be charged with any wrongdoing, effectively ending the nearly three-year criminal investigation that had at times focused intensely on Mr. Rove.
The decision by the prosecutor, [...]

In God We Trust Gets Thrown Out; Newdow Pouts

Posted on June 13, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, News | Comments Off

Cross posted from Gribbit’s Word
US District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. dismissed a lawsuit brought by activist and atheist Michael Newdow seeking to have the words “In God We Trust” removed from our money.
Newdow was suing on the grounds that the appearance of those words on our money constituted a violation of his 1st Amendment [...]