I was going to make this pitch somewhat differently. But as the jist of Obama’s “Peace through War” speech has sunk in today, I’ve just gotten more and more frustrated. First some background. As Glenn points out, the ACLU is in a whole bunch of hurt right now after their biggest single donor told them [...]

Yesterday, I pointed to this language from the Government’s amicus brief in the Mohawk case. The Executive cannot be expected to persist in withholding information that a court has ordered to be disclosed; to suggest otherwise would be to invite the “unseemly” interbranch conflict that this Court declined to let unfold in Nixon. The government [...]

Obama talked a lot about consequences today. But as the ACLU pointed out in a conference call, the Administration is doing everything it can to prevent any consequences for those who tortured in the name of the United States.

Eric Schmidt implies that all your searches are available to the Feds.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas use and abuse their positions of authority and public trust to pursue personal and political desires and, if questioned or challenged, use their offices to attack and cripple their enemies, whether they be private individuals or elected officials and judges. Today, in just such an egregious display, they have done so again by wrongfully charging a Presiding Maricopa County Judge with criminal charges in an attempt to obstruct and intimidate the rule of law.

The government tried to use a case reviewed this year to get SCOTUS to buy off on their larger claims of privilege. Thankfully, Justice Sotomayor declined to do that.

Bruce Springsteen begged off of appearing at Chris Christie’s inauguration by saying he doesn’t get involved in state politics. Except he does–for issues that matter.

General interest readers in America, apparently, can’t be expected to face the fact that our Congress is not only ruining our own country, it is ruining the globe.

John Conyers is like the rest of progressives who fell in love with Obama the person and not Obama the moderate.

A couple of articles explain why Congress continues to be unable to reel in Wall Street.