Tag: Supreme Court

Marjorie Cohn on Brett Kavanaugh, Neil DeMause on Amazon

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5 October 2018 — FAIR

Brett KavanaughThis week on CounterSpin: As we record October 4, it looks like Brett Kavanaugh ill be confirmed for the Supreme Court—despite, well, despite so very many things. Why are Republicans so set on pushing through a candidate opposed by a coalition of Christian churches, as well as thousands of law professors, as well as anyone concerned with sexual assault? And beyond his “temperament,” what ought we know about Kavanaugh’s record as a judge? We’ll talk about that with Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild. Continue reading →

6.8 million Palestinian refugees and counting – Towards a popular strategy for resisting forcible displacement

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1 August 2013 — Mondoweiss

Following World Refugee Day, June 20th, 2013 the central issue to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues to be the mass displacement of Palestinians. The creation of refugees, currently 6.8 million, and refusing their Right of Return is a main component of the ongoing Nakba. The violent uprooting of Palestinians from their homeland was waged in an evolving way from 1947 to the present.

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Wikileaks / Bradley Manning Newslinks 3 May 2013

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3 May 2013 — williambowles.info

 

‘We Steal Secrets’: WikiLeaks and the US intelligence-industrial complex

The Seattle Times (blog)

Into this stew marched WikiLeaks and Assange in 2010. Despite antipathy for Assange himself, I admire his vision and skill at piercing the shadow world of government secrecy. As the film notes, WikiLeak’s first big expose – a military video showing a …

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinionnw/2013/05/02/wikileaks-we-steal-secrets/

 

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“Extermination of The Truth”: In America Law No Longer Exists By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts

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1 February, 2013 — Global Research

In the 21st century Americans have experienced an extraordinary collapse in the rule of law and in their constitutional protections. Today American citizens, once a free people protected by law, can be assassinated and detained in prison indefinitely without any evidence being presented to a court of their guilt, and they can be sentenced to prison on the basis of secret testimony by anonymous witnesses not subject to cross examination. The US “justice system” has been transformed by the Bush/Obama regime into the ”justice system” of Gestapo Germany and Stalinist Russia. There is no difference.
 

“Extermination of The Truth”: In America Law No Longer Exists By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts

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1 February, 2013 — Global Research

In the 21st century Americans have experienced an extraordinary collapse in the rule of law and in their constitutional protections. Today American citizens, once a free people protected by law, can be assassinated and detained in prison indefinitely without any evidence being presented to a court of their guilt, and they can be sentenced to prison on the basis of secret testimony by anonymous witnesses not subject to cross examination. The US “justice system” has been transformed by the Bush/Obama regime into the ”justice system” of Gestapo Germany and Stalinist Russia. There is no difference.
 

The Guardian vs. the Conventional Wisdom on Venezuela By Alex Main

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17 January 2013 — CEPR

Earlier this month my colleague Dan Beeton noted that the major media, after incorrectly predicting a close race in Venezuela’s presidential elections, had quickly reverted to the familiar “gloom and doom” predictions for Venezuela’s economic future.  Additionally, many recent opinion and news pieces have echoed the Venezuelan opposition’s view that the decision to postpone Chávez’s inauguration was legally questionable.  On January 8th, a Chicago Tribune editorialneatly summarized the prevailing wisdom: “Venezuela after Chavez will likely be plagued by political turmoil and economic struggle.”

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Video: Chavez Misses Inauguration, Will Be Sworn in by Supreme Court if he Recovers

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11 January, 2013 — The Real News Network

 

Alex Main (CEPR): Venezuelan opposition hopes to take advantage of crisis but after sweeping state elections and winning decisively in the Presidential election, Chavez forces unlikely to lose power in a new election

 

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 February 2012: The myth of Israel’s liberal Supreme Court exposed

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26 February 2012 — VTJP

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International Middle East Media Center

Heavy Israeli Military Clampdown in Jerusalem
IMEMC – Many Jerusalem Streets and its surrounding towns witnessed Heavy Israeli Military Procedures early Sunday Morning. Israeli Soldiers and their Machines were spread all over the streets, towns and neighborhoods. … 

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US: A Voters' Rights Amendment — A Matter of Critical National Importance

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17 February 2012 — William John Cox

My recent articles have concerned a matter of critical national importance – the ability of American voters, of every party, to control their own government. The last, Transformation: Effectuating Democracy by a Voters’ Rights Amendment has been widely circulated and can be viewed at:

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South Africa: Media freedom’s roller coaster ride in 2011 By Pamela Stein and Dario Milo

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28 December 2011 — Inforrm’s Blog

There can be no doubt that media freedom in South Africa suffered some major blows in 2011, not least by the lower house of Parliament, the National Assembly, passing the Protection of State Information Bill, known in some quarters as the Secrecy Bill. Much has been written about that draft official secrets legislation, and it suffices to say that if it is passed in its current form, it will have a chilling effect on media freedom and access to information.

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South Africa: Media freedom’s roller coaster ride in 2011 By Pamela Stein and Dario Milo

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28 December 2011 — Inforrm’s Blog

There can be no doubt that media freedom in South Africa suffered some major blows in 2011, not least by the lower house of Parliament, the National Assembly, passing the Protection of State Information Bill, known in some quarters as the Secrecy Bill. Much has been written about that draft official secrets legislation, and it suffices to say that if it is passed in its current form, it will have a chilling effect on media freedom and access to information.

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Will rendition of this man land MPs in jail for war crimes?

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21 December 2011 — Morning Star by Paddy McGuffin, Home Affairs Reporter

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Will rendition of this man land MPs in jail for war crimes?

British ministers could be found guilty of war crimes if the US refuses to hand back a Pakistani citizen held without charge in Afghanistan for seven years.

The government confirmed today that it has complied with a Court of Appeal ruling and written to the US to demand the return of Yunus Rahmatullah to British custody.

Mr Rahmatullah was captured by British forces in Iraq in 2004 and handed to the US, who renditioned him to Bagram airbase in Afghanistan where he has remained ever since.

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Press Release: News Corp’s Hack Shows a Double Standard

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12 July 2011 — FAIR

Palin Hack Had O’Reilly Calling for Criminal Prosecution

The explosive allegations about widespread illegal voicemail hacking by British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch are getting very little coverage on Murdoch’s Fox News Channel (TVNewser, 7/12/11). But Fox’s top host took a very different view when a Republican politician’s email account was hacked, calling for the prosecution of the website that published the emails.

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Israel hides behind ‘armed conflict’ By Julia Romasevych

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17 September, 2010 — Radio Netherlands Worldwide

The Israeli military failed to investigate the killings of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories between 2006 and 2009, according to a report by an Israeli human rights group.

B’Tselem claims that Israeli soldiers who kill Palestinian civilians are almost never held accountable which creates a climate of impunity.

The problem is largely created by the Israeli Supreme Court, which classified the situation in the occupied territories as an ‘armed conflict’. This is in contradiction with the principles of international law.

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Black Agenda Report 12 May, 2010: The Supreme Court? Is This Why We Vote For Democrats?

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The Supreme Court? Is This Why We Vote For Democrats?

by BAR executive editor Bruce Dixon
We vote for Democrats, the argument goes, because sending a Republican to the White House means sending racist conservative neanderthals to the Supreme Court.  A clinching argument right?  What would John McCain do?  But is that the right question to ask?

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