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In Which I Hope I’m Gettying Pranked

This cannot be true, can it? Louisiana Justice of the Peace Denies Marriage License to Interracial Couple: According to [Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish], he…

What is competition?

…2007 as median % of market share nationally (Blue Cross/Blue Shield mainly). The trend for increasing consolidation within each state is clear. The Department of Justice disagrees that anything less…

Torture legalities have to be open

…The operative word here is ordinary – which is precisely what the Justice Department attorneys stressed in their response to Taylor Jr.’s motion. The test of whether a statute provides…

Slavery in my backyard 2

…the Clinton administration and is now a top Bush administration priority. As part of the fight, President Bush has blanketed the nation with 42 Justice Department task forces and spent…

John Roberts – Judicial Activist

Kevin Drum reports on the willingness of Justices Roberts, Scalia, and Thomas to overturn a state law in deference to something the Bush Administration wanted to do. William Branigin reports:…

Is Fitzmas Over?

…that will ever come out of PlameGate were the five perjury and obstruction of justice charges levied against Scooter Libby. Case in point was Senator Lindsey Graham on Face the…

Homeland Security Budget Triples?

…and police, $3.1 billion.” *. I’ve calculated this by adding grants to state and local governments for “homeland security” and “administration of justice” grants from the Justice Department. See table…

Incompetence at Best

…Mohammad Naeem Noor Kahn, “everyone’s alarm bells should be ringing,” the Justice official said. Both intelligence and Justice department officials said that the most important information for raising the terror…