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High Court Asked to Explore Contractor Liability for Deaths in Iraq
The grisly details of the murder and dismemberment of four US citizen contractors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah have found their way onto US soil in a dispute that may reach the Supreme Court. In the case,... ...
As Earth Warms, Lawsuits Mount
The growing scientific consensus on global warming may prompt more than high-level policy decisions. It could also trigger more lawsuits. Perhaps the most far-reaching lawsuit is Massachusetts v. Environmental... ...
American Liberty at the Precipice
"In another low moment for American justice, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that detainees held at the prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, do not have the right to be heard in court. The ruling... ...
Another Big Win for Big Business: Court Sets Aside Award in Philip Morris Case
http://www.commondreams.or g/headlines07/0220-07.htm -------- Shielding the Powerful The editors of the New York Times write: "The Supreme Court's decision yesterday, overturning a nearly $80 million... ...
The 21st Century Sucks
After Boston's false bomb threat last week, William Rivers Pitt realizes that the younger generation has been exposed to "bogus terror scare after bogus terror scare, to lies without count about threats... ...
Bush’s double standard on race in schools
Christian Science Monitor by Alec Ian Gershberg & Darrick Hamilton 02/05/07 The Supreme Court is considering two school desegregation cases that will probably result in limits on the use of race... ...
How a Bill Becomes a Signing Statement
David Swanson writes: "This president believes that laws passed by Congress can be overturned by the president. Only after the Supreme Court has ruled on each point of law is the president obliged to obey... ...
Protesting Gitmo
CounterPunch by Frida Berrigan 01/25/07 On January 11, 2007 more than 100 people in orange jumpsuits trudged slowly from the Supreme Court to the Federal District Court in Washington, DC. Black hoods... ...
Sovereign Humanity Is In Mortal Danger
from Garry Davis WorldCitizen 2007 New Year's Message "We stand at the brink of a second nuclear age. Not since the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has the world faced such... ...
Pentagon 'detainee" manual may lead to executions based on 'hearsay evidence'
"We have learned that the Pentagon has just completed a manual for the coming detainee trials that would allow suspected terrorist to be imprisoned or executed using hearsay evidence or coerced testimony,"... ...