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The weekend roundup: habeas schmabeas
Last Friday, hot on the heels of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that Guantanamo Bay detainees have the right to challenge their imprisonment in the US Court System, Sen. John McCain called it “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.”
Really, John? Was that hyperbole, like when your mom orders the Monte [...]
Relief disaster
News shocker: most of the federal money sent to help folks in Mississippi has gone to relatively affluent residents and big business. According to the New York Times, the Bush Administration waived a rule mandating that 50 percent of all federal disaster relief grants go to low-income programs.
Mississippi officials told the Times that they do [...]
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