Justice

Obama: Close Gitmo On Day One -- You Can Do It. We've Got Your Back.

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Executive Order, President Obama, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Day One, Justice, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Obama First 100 Days, Politics News
Anthony D. Romero

Our top issue -- closing down Gitmo and shutting down the military commissions -- can be done as soon as he lifts his left hand, picks up the new presidential pen and signs an executive order.

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Truthfulness, Justice and the American Way

Paula Gordon | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Interrogations, Troy Davis, Guilt, Judges, Justice, Evidence, Innocence, Civil Rights, Juries, Paul Ekman, Testimony, Politics News
Paula Gordon

While the fate of the nation hangs in the balance, so does that of Troy Anthony Davis. He personifies the continuing threat to justice (and to life) of our de facto judicial system.

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A 'Micah Challenge' to U.S. Christians

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Global Economy, United Nations, Developed Nations, Aid Budget, Hiv Aids, Global South, Evangelical, Global Poverty, Justice, Hunger, Poverty, Millennium Development Goals, Micah Challenge, Ban Ki Moon, Economy, Politics News
Jim Wallis

This week, with the news of the U.S. financial crisis dominating the headlines, the United Nations General Assembly opened its annual meeting. The th...

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OJ Simpson's Baggage

Diane Dimond | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Diane Dimond, Nicole Brown Simpson, Throat Slashing Murder, Never Saw So Much Blood in My Life, o.j. Simpson Trial, Ron Goldman, Las Vegas, Audio Tape Evidence, Justice, OJ Simpson Trial, Media News
Diane Dimond

The shoulder-shrug position will be that Simpson's celebrity attracts trouble, not the other way around.

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Why I Support Barack Obama

Sara Paretsky | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Justice, Constitution, Health Care, Politics News
Sara Paretsky

The constitution says "We the People." Not, we the billionaires. Not, we the believers in Creationism. Not, we the oil industry lobbyists. Just, we the people.

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A Matter of Justice

Jane Guskin | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Islam, Sami Al-Arian, Palestinians, Immigration, Immigrants, USA vs. Al-Arian, Muslim, Justice, Civil Rights, Politics News
Jane Guskin

One of the government documents in the case is so sloppy that it repeatedly misspells the name of the group Hamas as "Ramas."

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Barack Obama is the Nominee -- Why are Black People Still So Mad?

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1984, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Police, Political Drama, Satire, Violence, Police Brutality, Obama, Black, Justice, San Francisco, African Americans, Civil Rights, Election, Cops, Politics News
Michael Gene Sullivan

A calm day. A sunny, day, for San Francisco - which means really foggy with what will ultimately be an unfulfilled promise of sun later. A nice day, w...

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Beyond The Dog Days of Summer: After August, Reality

Danny Schechter | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Obama, Wall Street, Economic Calamity, Biden, Abbie Hoffman, War, Plunder, Politics News
Danny Schechter

Traditionally, time seems to slow down, I mean slooooo down, at summer's end. The phone calls taper off along with the emails. We have now had endles...

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Impeachment? Truth and Reconciliation Commission? Never Mind That -- Haul George Bush into a Court of Law, Part 3

Russ Wellen | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Justice, Vincent Bugliosi, Impeachment, Politics News
Russ Wellen

Vincent Bugliosi talks about appearing before the House Judiciary Committee. RW: Will the next president have any say in the prosecution of George Bu...

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Muslim Homeowners Concerned that Assessor with Anti-Muslim Bias Assessed their Property Unfairly

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 08.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Inter-Faith Solidarity, Islam, Islamophobia, American Muslims, Muslims, Inter-Faith Relationships, Anti-Muslim Bias, Justice, Prejudice, Faith, Property Values, Mosques, Chicago News
Naazish YarKhan

Frankfort Township Official in Hot Seat for Promoting Anti-Muslim Sentiments Aug. 12, Frankfort, IL - When challenges occur, one never knows whether...

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Anti-Corruption Efforts Must Come First in Afghanistan

Lisa Gans | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Foreign Aid, United Nations, World Bank, Judiciary, Afghanistan, Justice Sector, Justice, Politics News
Lisa Gans

A corrupt society like that in Afghanistan is a lawless one, and in a lawless environment, nothing works and everyone lives in fear, clinging to tribal or ethnic affiliations to protect them.

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How to Perform a Citizen's Arrest of A Bush Administration Official

Nathan Robinson | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obstruction of Justice, Law, Karl Rove, Citizen's Arrest, Justice, Iowa, Politics News
Nathan Robinson

What the four Iowans who tried to arrest Karl Rove did is courageous, and is exactly how we should use the citizen arrest power.

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Karadzic Told Us What He Planned; We Just Watched

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Associated Press, Bosnia, Balkans, Foreign Affairs, Press, Justice, Radovan Karadzic, Genocide, Politics News
Mort Rosenblum

Stepping back, we might take stock of where we are as a civilized world 16 years after Radovan Karadzic was allowed to exterminate people he found inconvenient.

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Right-Wing Supreme Court Draws Ire Of Senate Judiciary Committee

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Rights, Supreme Court, Congress, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Exxon Mobil, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Tracy Barker, Exxon Valdez, Liberties, Roberts Court, Fraud, Senate, Haliburton, Securities, Hearings, National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, Justice, Arbitration, Home News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

The Supreme Court has shifted dangerously to the right and is now the most pro-business Court since the monopoly greasing "Lochner-era" Court of the late 19th century.

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Roxanna Brown: How Can This Happen in America?

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Homeland Security, Freedoms, Civil Rights, Fraud, Thailand, Roxanna Brown, Identity Theft, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Mort Rosenblum

However unintended, Roxanna Brown suffered capital punishment without trial because of what appears to be simple identity theft, now so common to our daily lives.

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Confronting Our Inner Vigilante (Part 2)

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Vigilante, Rudolf Giuliani, Police, Crime, Subway, Subway Vigilante, Bernard Goetz, Justice, New York City, Living News
Russ Wellen

There's an even stronger impulse driving some to the vigilante act than grandiosity: the realization that if you do nothing, you've essentially allowed yourself to be held hostage, not necessarily to the perpetrator, but to fear.

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Confronting Your Inner Vigilante

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Vigilante, Police, Rudolf Giuliani, Crime, Subway, Subway Vigilante, Justice, Bernard Goetz, New York City, Living News
Russ Wellen

If spontaneous and proportional to the crime, the vigilante act, as opposed to the practice, is not a crime. In fact, there's no shortage of situations which call for taking the law into one's hands.

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Momentum Building For Bugliosi's Case Against George W. Bush For Murder

Linda Milazzo | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, Corporate Media, Vincent Bugliosi, George W. Bush, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, American Patriot, Republicans, Justice, Evidence, Democrats, John Conyers, Author, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

To be clear, this is not a partisan effort -- It's a legally binding and provable case for murder, that Bugliosi -- an American patriot -- would bring against any president regardless of affiliation.

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Precedent George Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Party Loyalty, Speech, Loyalty Oath, Mister Precedent, Cheney, Chris Dodd, Campaign, Telecom, Presidential-Powers, 2008, National Security, Separation-of-Powers, 2008 Campaign, Independent Counsel, Justice, Stonewall, Commander in Chief, Executive Privilege, John McCain, War, Amnesty, Scientist, Congress, 2008 Elections, 08, Stonewalling, Justice Department, Soviet, Subpoena, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Investigation, 08 Election, Precedent, Elections, 08 Campaign, Constitution, 2008 Presidential Race, Watergate, Executive Branch, Alberto Gonzales, Nixon, Party Card, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the presidential power, and the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. government.

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How To Make 8K A Day

Diane Dimond | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Defense Attorney, Robert Durst, Jury System, Crime, Martha Stewart, Jury Consultants, Shadow Jurors, Justice, Affordable Justice, Inside the Minds of Jurors, Politics News
Diane Dimond

I know a man connected to the justice system who makes eight thousand dollars a day. You read that right. When he shows up in a courtroom for a client his very presence and whispered advice to the lead attorney is worth 8 thousand dollars per day.

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Never-Ending Alimony in Massachusetts

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Harvard, Lifetime Alimony, Mit, Divorce Lawyers, Alimony Reform, Equal Protection., 2nd Wives, Justice, Massachusetts Divorce Lawyers, Alimony, Civil Unions, Massachusetts Civil Unions, Massachusetts, Politics News
Elizabeth Benedict

Divorce in Massachusetts means never have to say goodbye to your ex. Decades after your divorce, you can be dragged to court, or you can do the dragging yourself.

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Yay, It's a Holiday

Amy Ephron | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Presidents' Day, Justice, Gitmo Detainees, Guantanamo Bay, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Amy Ephron

We should all declare June 12, to be Habeas Corpus Day. And I hope that we celebrate it forever.

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Why Bobby Rocks A New Generation

Irshad Manji | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Justice, Courage, Youth Vote, Youth, Martin Luther King Jr, Conservatives, Bobby Kennedy, Liberals, Progressives, Youth Activism, Justice, Political Correctness, Students, Barack Obama, Robert F. Kennedy, 40th Anniversary Bobby Kennedy Assassination, Politics News
Irshad Manji

I was born after Bobby died, so maybe I'm not supposed to care about him. Truth is, though, my generation has something timely, even urgent, to learn from his advice to the world's youth.

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Not Just Us

Mike Fishman and George Gresham | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Puerto Rico, Labor, Seiu, Health Insurance, Justice, Labor Unions, Health Care, Politics News
Mike Fishman and George Gresham

Over the next three days, nearly 2,000 delegates from Unions across North America will meet to elect leaders, debate on current issues and set the agenda for our union for the next four years.

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May Day! May Day! Hijackings of the 4th Estate

Paige Donner | Posted 05.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Time Magazine, Brigitte Bardot, Animal Rights, Activism, 4th Estate, Freedom of Speech, Animal Slaughter, Cnn, Journalism, Defense, Seattle Times, Muckraker, Justice, Truth, Hijackings, Npr, Yong Tangyan, Valerie Plame, Immigration, May Day, Civil Liberties, Internal Affairs, Lapd, PEN Award, Aclu, Committee to ProtectJournalists, Media News
Paige Donner

The title of this piece, Hijackings of the 4th Estate, is purposefully provocative. For any journalist, Blogger or otherwise muckraker laboring in ser...

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