Tag archive for ‘supreme court’
Daily News Roundup: The Pretty Please Edition
Reduced to begging? Detroit auto industry executives and representatives from the United Auto Workers union are campaigning for a $25 billion slice of the $700 billion bailout pie and appearing before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday. It’s unlikely any relief will be passed during this final lame-duck session of Congress. What will happen if the [...]
The Green Report: Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day
Don’t forget to recycle and buy recycled products. Saturday, Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day created by the National Recycling Coalition. The “Recycling” holiday (as I like to call it) is designed to promote the social, environmental and economic benefits of recycling. The National Recycling Coalition is seeking to encourage more people to join the [...]
The Green Report: Penguins, Whales and More Whales
The dangers of global warming strike the penguins. According to a recent World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report, if the earth’s climate increases by only two degrees Celsius (or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) half to three-quarters of Antarctic penguin colonies could be wiped out or severely harmed. Sadly, a United Nation report predicts the climate change will [...]
“One of the greatest pieces of eyewash the country has ever seen…”
While everyone remains trigger happy about a ruling that just means that Fred Thompson and Robert Byrd can now have a pistol duel on the Capitol steps that would make Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr feel like the morons from L’Executer, the Supreme Court made an even bigger doozy this morning.
Exxon Valdez now must pay [...]
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 [...]
Notes from desegregation county
Getting rejected by your dream school is a small price to pay for larger racial equality. Or maybe not.
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