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Jacob Leibenluft has a useful “Explainer” today on the Presidential pardon power, but then comes up with this clunker: If someone hasn’t yet been charged with a crime, how does the president know what to pardon them for? As in Nixon’s case, President Bush could issue a pardon that applies generally to any crimes that [...]
Archive for the ‘NSA spying’ Category
July 23rd, 2008
by Jonathan Zasloff
Posted: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 at
10:44 am
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July 22nd, 2008
by Jonathan Zasloff
To the surprise of exactly no one, in light of the torture scandal, the warrantless wiretapping scandal, the US Attorneys scandal, the Valerie Plame scandal, and the (fill in blank) scandal, conservative lawyers are pushing the Bush Administration for dozens of pardons for administration officials. Some of us, of course, predicted this months and even [...]
Posted: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 at
3:50 pm
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July 4th, 2008
by James Wimberley
Category: Barack Obama, NSA spying
How Obama can dig himself out of his FISA hole.
Posted: Friday, July 4th, 2008 at
11:03 am
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June 22nd, 2008
by James Wimberley
Foreigners have privacy rights too.
Posted: Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 at
4:24 am
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February 2nd, 2006
by Andrew Sabl
Category: NSA spying
Two stories led the New York Times this morning—one on NSA spying, one on the cutbacks in social programs. Which one the blogosphere cares more about is obvious—and sad.
Posted: Thursday, February 2nd, 2006 at
2:18 pm
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January 31st, 2006
by Andrew Sabl
Category: NSA spying
Bush famously uses signing statements to arrogate executive power. But in doing so, says Anonymous Liberal, he may in one crucial instance have undercut his own story.
Posted: Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 at
11:28 am
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January 27th, 2006
by Andrew Sabl
Latest wiretap poll: Framing remains the key, and most trust government to know who’s a likely terrorist.
Posted: Friday, January 27th, 2006 at
3:59 pm
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January 27th, 2006
by Andrew Sabl
UCLA isn’t the only place where disrespect for the Commander in Chief and the War on Terror is taught. The problem is much bigger.
Posted: Friday, January 27th, 2006 at
9:50 am
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January 24th, 2006
by Andrew Sabl
We now know Bush’s line on the wiretaps: flog “terrorism,” vaguely assert legality—and trust the senator who can always be counted on to stonewall.
Posted: Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 at
9:03 am
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January 23rd, 2006
by Andrew Sabl
Last week I was sure that the NSA wiretap issue was a loser for Democrats. And I was right—then. But two hidden bombshells since then make me much less sure. Watch what McCain says—and Kerry.
Posted: Monday, January 23rd, 2006 at
1:27 pm
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