Archive for the 'FISA' Category
16 Aug
Progressives in the Obama Moment
August 15, 2008
By Robert L. Borosage & Katrina vanden Heuvel
Electric. When Barack Obama receives the Democratic presidential nomination before 75,000 people in Denver’s Mile High Stadium on the forty-fifth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, new possibilities will be born. A historic candidacy, a new generation […]
Posted in economy, Iran, Iraq, corporations, corporate media, global elite, Progressives, Barack Obama, FISA, Afghanistan, Martin Luther King, AFL-CIO, Working America, climate change, progressive reform, healthcare, new energy policy by: emiwest
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25 Jul
July 25, 2008
by John Nichols
As the House Judiciary Committee took up the question of how best to address what its chairman described as “the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush,” it was the ranking Republican in the room, Iowa Congressman Steve King, who observed that, “We are here having impeachment hearings before the Judiciary Committee.”
Posted in H Res 799, crimes, Rove/Miers/Bolton, Iran, Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, war crimes, George W Bush, felonies, articles of impeachment, Lewis Libby, WMD, Iraq, House Judiciary Committee, Dennis Kucinich, John Conyers, Constitution, Robert Wexler, Bush Administration, Valerie Plame, high crimes, Joseph Wilson, FISA, Russ Feingold, contempt of Congress, Military Commissions Act, civil liberties, November 2006, secrecy, democracy, Founding Fathers, Tammy Baldwin, Congress, "imperial presidency", congressional investigations, habeas corpus, Liz Holtzman/Rocky Anderson/John Dean, H.Res. 1345 by: emiwest
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05 Jul
From Wikipedia.org
July 4, 2008
“The barbaric policies of George W Bush”
Main article: Impeachment in the United States
To impeach the President of the United States, a majority of the United States House of Representatives must agree to pass a resolution that alleges the President committed “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” This impeachment resolution is […]
Posted in H Res 799, crimes, Iran, Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, war crimes, George W Bush, felonies, articles of impeachment, Lewis Libby, WMD, Iraq, H Res 1258, House Judiciary Committee, Nancy Pelosi, Dennis Kucinich, John Conyers, Joe Biden, Constitution, Robert Wexler, domestic spying, corporate media, H Res 333, Bush Administration, Valerie Plame, high crimes, Joseph Wilson, FISA, Russ Feingold, civil liberties, democracy, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment by: emiwest
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04 Jul
POLICE STATE AMERICA
Center for Research on Globalization
By Stephen Lendman
The president can now claim a public emergency, effectively declare martial law, suspend the Constitution for “national security,” and deploy federal and National Guard troops on the nation’s streets to suppress whatever he calls disorder. That means First Amendment guaranteed peaceful public demonstrations and all […]
Posted in fascism, war crimes, George W Bush, 9/11, neocon coup, Iraq, Pentagon, Constitution, torture, domestic spying, Bush Administration, high crimes, FISA, Supreme Court, Military Commissions Act, police state, national "security", DHS, "war on terror", privacy, civil liberties, freedom, "executive orders", November 2006, secrecy, democracy, First Amendment, dissent, Founding Fathers, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Blackwater, Global Strike Command, FALCON by: emiwest
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28 Jun
It’s Time for Genuine Accountability
June 23, 2008
by Robert Wexler
The testimony of Scott McClellan this past Friday in the House Judiciary Committee marked an important step forward for Congress in the battle to fully expose the crimes of the Bush/Cheney administration and finally hold this White House accountable for its appalling actions that have weakened […]
Posted in media, Rove/Miers/Bolton, Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, war crimes, George W Bush, 9/11, neocon coup, felonies, articles of impeachment, Lewis Libby, propaganda, Iraq, House Judiciary Committee, Constitution, torture, domestic spying, Bush Administration, Valerie Plame, high crimes, Scott McClellan, Joseph Wilson, FISA, Supreme Court, contempt of Congress by: emiwest
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26 Jun
June 24, 2008
Robert L. Borosage, The Huffington Post
One of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s first acts upon taking the gavel was to rule impeachment off the table. She wanted Democrats to focus on challenging the president on the war and on kitchen table concerns — from energy to education to health care. With Democrats now […]
Posted in war crimes, George W Bush, articles of impeachment, House Judiciary Committee, Dennis Kucinich, Constitution, domestic spying, high crimes, FISA, Russ Feingold, Supreme Court by: emiwest
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