posted by JohnHill on Jun 11
Here’s a theory for some enterprising plaintiff’s side product liability lawyer out there. You know those horrid plastic packages that they put all small electronics in nowadays?
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Packaging liability?
posted by HoraceMiskel on Jun 6
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/06/us/politics/06gitmo.html?_r=1&hp I got up this morning and sat down at my computer and found this story on the front page of the New York Times . The government under Mr.
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Well They Want to be Martyrs Anyway!
posted by LevonHelm on Jun 1
Frank Rich writes about everybody’s favorite Darth Vader figure, Diamond Dick Cheney The Beltway antics that greeted the great Cheney-Obama torture debate were an unsettling return to the post-9/11 dynamic that landed America in Iraq. Once again Cheney and his cohort were using lies and fear to try to gain political advantage — this time to rewrite history and escape accountability for the failed Bush presidency rather than to drum up a new war. Once again Democrats in Congress were
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Cheney Is to Blame for the Next Attack
posted by RobertA on May 29
… company rather casually and without much in the way of law to guide those doing the throwing….(1) “torture†means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (…He also noted that because the alleged torture took place outside the US, international law applies, specifically the United Nations Convention Against Torture, a…One of those giving testimony that day was Professor Addicott; he of the Center for Terrorism Law at St….
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On Torture And War Crimes, Part One, Or, I Interview Dr. Addicott
posted by AnthonyDase on May 28
If it is America’s destiny by Divine Providence or by some form of Natural Law or Manifest Destiny to achieve &…So if the churches & the Bible are against homosexuality the state has no right to create legislation or laws giving homosexuals equality with other citizens….So the government is not supposed to pass laws which go against whatever it is that the church teaches….
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Gog & Magog & Rumsfeld’s Evangelical Memos To Bush
posted by MorrisE. on May 8
It is well established that where the alleged infringing use of a mark occurs in the title of an artistic work, the first amendment demands greater protection than the law of trademark would otherwise provide.
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Iron Maiden Torturing Trademark Law? | Techdirt
posted by ChrisAnderson, on May 7
The Bard: LADY ANNE: Villain, thou know’st no law of God nor man. No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. GLOUCESTER:Â But I know none, and therefore am no beast
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"Inhuman" Ctd.
posted by WaylanSmart on May 5
Laying Down the Law . 05.05.09 — 5:02PM.
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posted by JoshNeumann on May 3
On of the best web blogs, Balkin.Blogspot , there is an article by an expert on Andrew Jackson and his being compared to Gerge Bush by torture memo man, John Yoo. It’s a short piece and a must read but here are some parts that caught my attention. First, Jackson’s claims were transparent.
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Bush and Torture