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  • Great Review of Some Important Books . . .

    . . . BOOKS which I think all Americans need to read and consider: Making Government Work, by Fritz Hollings Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, by Phillipe Sands The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Hardcover), by Jane Mayer. Terrorism and Democracy ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008

  • Government abuse of power

    South Dakotas law relating to doctor patient communication and abortion: This is just another method for people using and abusing government power. They attempt to control others and legislate morality by forcing their beliefs (usually based on their religion) upon all of society. Their goal is to limit freedom and force conformity with their ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by den99md on July 4, 2008

  • Swinging with Passion Makes for Bad Case Law

    Justice Anthony Kennedy is a passionate man. He was a passionate judge and now je is a passionate Justice. But while one may want zealousness in one’s representation in the legal arena, passion in deciding law is dangerous, if not outright foolishness. Passions are swayed. Passions are fired up. Passions are capricious. On April 18, 2007, Ms. ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by IMKessel on June 20, 2008

  • Re: Bill Richardson: Obama's Vice President

    Bill Richardson ran for President on a shoestring and lost most impressively, with hardly any votes despite his ballyhooed resume and months long campaigning, here in New Hampshire. He reminds me of John Connolly more than anyone else, other than maybe Ross Perot. Then, he hesitates at Bill Clinton's blandishments before endorsing Obama, waiting ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on March 24, 2008

  • Democrats in Congress Failed Us All 8 Years

    The Democrats and Democratic Party failed to stand up for what is right for the entire eight years of the Bush / Cheney White House misrule. They gave away our American two-party system; they gave away majority rule; they gave away our civil rights and bill of rights and civil liberties; they gave away the constitutional authority of the ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on January 30, 2008

  • Iraq is "Bush's War"

    Iraq is ''Bush's War'' (NOT a ''War Against Terrorism'')... Question: When did Terrorists'' get the ESTABLISHED and REAL foot-hold in Iraq? Related to the ''War Against Saddam''... Although this may have been an issue that may have eventually required continued US Military Action, there WERE & ARE on the other hand, far GREATER dangers to the ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Qtec90 on August 16, 2007