Who’s Wagging Whom? The Media, Democrats and the ACLU on Hamdan

Posted on June 29, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Activist Judges, Border Control/Homeland Security, News | 7 Comments

I’m not sure if I should be impressed by what appears to be seamless message coordination by the Extreme Left/Media Complex or if I should laugh at what smells a heck of a lot like a steaming human pile of intellectually vacant dimwits with no original ideas. Come to think of it the latter [...]

Government claims VA laptop with 26 million vets personal information has been recovered

Posted on June 29, 2006 - Filed Under Border Control/Homeland Security, History, News, War On Terror | Comments Off

According to an Associated Press (AP) story this morning at My Way News, the government claims that a laptop with sensitive information on its harddrive stolen from a home of a Veterans Affairs (VA) analyst on May 3rd. has been recovered. The stolen harddrive contained information on 26.5 million vets’ social security numbers, dates of [...]

Supreme Court Says Guantánamo Bay Military Commissions Are Unconstitutional; ACLU Calls Decision a Victory for the “Rule of Law”

Posted on June 29, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 6 Comments

I knew this wouldn’t take long! The ACLU are breaking out the champaign glasses and popping the cork! It is celebration time for the left, as Al Qaeda terrorists now have ‘protections’ via the Geneva Conventions thanks to the US Supreme Court. Andrew Sullivan thinks it is a great day too.
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Supreme Court Rules 5-3: No Military Tribunals, Bush Overstepped Authority

Posted on June 29, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 8 Comments

Just in from SCOTUS Blog
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Congress did not take away the Court’s authority to rule on the military commissions’ validity, and then went ahead to rule that President Bush did not have authority to set up the tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and found the “military commissions” illegal under [...]

Hamdan Vs. Rumsfeld Decision Imminent

Posted on June 29, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 1 Comment

Update: Decision in! Court Rules 5-3: No Military Tribunals, Bush Overstepped Authority
ABC
The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing a potential landmark ruling that could determine the fate of the military tribunals created by President George W. Bush to try Guantanamo prisoners for war crimes.
The ruling by the nation’s highest court, which is expected later this week, [...]

ACLU Fixing Leaks

Posted on June 29, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News | Comments Off

The ACLU has gained a new board member and lost one of their most vocal critics.
The most vocal dissident on the national board of the American Civil Liberties Union, Wendy Kaminer, has been replaced by a candidate promising a less confrontational stance.
An attorney with the Juvenile Justice Center at Suffolk University in Boston, Lisa Thurau-Gray, [...]