Voting Rights for Felons: Presto Retro!
Patterico has posted on this topic as well — the three-judge panel of the Ninth Circus that just ruled that felons must be allowed to vote, even from their prison cells. He posts from a lawyer’s, and especially a prosecutor’s point of view; and in his post, he dressed me down a bit for [...]
More on the Federal Shield Law
On Thursday I wrote about the proposed federal shield law that has just passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill would protect journalists’ sources, but would also, I said, “create, in effect, a privilege to leak classified information.” Andy McCarthy writes, with further thoughts on Section 2(A)(2)(iii) of the act, which dictates when [...]
Who failed whom?
During the last presidential primary season, we wrote extensively about Mike Huckabee’s excessive use of his power, as governor of Arkansas, to issue pardons and commutations, and his role in influencing the parole process. In one particularly egregious instance, Huckabee worked behind the scenes in favor of releasing on parole a convicted [...]
Trying KSM: Why? Eric Holder explains, sort of
Attorney General Holder is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning. We have obtained a copy of Holder’s opening statement from the Justice Department. On the question why Holder has decided to bring KSM et al. up on criminal charges in federal court in New York, Holder made these preliminary observations:
I am [...]
Barack Obama, decider-in-chief after all
There are at least three currents in this Washington Post story about the Obama administration’s decision to name a prosecutor to review whether CIA agents and contractors should be prosecuted for the way they interrogated terrorists. There’s the obligatory (for the Post) Obama worship; there’s the obligatory “whose on top” in the bureaucracy [...]
Investigate this
For the past year federal officials have investigated possible criminal charges against New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and other state officers. The investigation looked into the allegation that Richardson’s administration had steered a lucrative contract to a prominent political donor in a so-called “pay to play” scenario. The investigation has concluded without charges. [...]
