SCOTUSblog 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 commissions illegal under both military justice law [...]
SFGate.com The Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday to uphold most of the Texas congressional redistricting plan gives state legislatures the green light to redraw political maps whenever they want to give the dominant party an edge in U.S. House elections.In a heavily fractured ruling, seven justices decided that the Texas Legislature did not run afoul of [...]
I saw this movie last night, and I was very impressed. Superman is my favorite comic book hero. I understand why a lot of people prefer Batman or Spiderman or Wolverine, but for me, Superman is the greatest there is. He is the ideal, what we all strive to be, and while his perfection may [...]
Washington Post Fortunately, the Senate will have plenty of time to discuss that matter. The chamber has scheduled up to four days of debate on the flag-burning amendment this week. If that formula — one day of Senate debate for each incident of flag burning this year — were to be applied to other matters, [...]
Louis Freeh talks about the Khobar Towers bombing and Iran in this OpinionJournal Op-ed. He is pretty hard on the Clinton administration and there response. What Mr. Clinton failed to do for three years was accomplished in minutes by his predecessor. This was the breakthrough we had been waiting for, and the attorney general and [...]
Egyptian blogger Alaa has been released from jail It seems he is still committed to fighting to reform Egypts system. He is a hero in my opinion.
Guardian Unlimited Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, praised on Friday a six-nation incentive package aimed at resolving the international dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme.Raising hopes for a breakthrough, Mr Ahmadinejad said the package – which aims to curtail Iran’s uranium enrichment activities – was a “step forward”. But despite the conciliatory tone of his comments, the [...]
The Anchoress, who everyone who thinks all Christians are the same should read, takes apart Ann Coulter. Unlike Ann, she is polite about it.
Instapundit has a post up on a spat between a media figure and bloggers over war reporting. For the most part, this sort of stuff doesn’t interest me too much, but at the end of his post he has an update that I think brings up an important concept: Reader Michael Russo notes why this [...]
WSJ.com Add this to the list of things that have gone right lately for President Bush: Americans appear to be drawing closer to his view on the immigration debate.But that hasn’t alleviated the squeeze on Republican candidates in the fall elections. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows that the party’s conservative electoral base [...]
