While I have no doubt that some of the detainees being held in at the US military facility in Guantanamo Bay deserve to be there, I also believe that holding anyone prisoner for six years without charges and without trial…
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CA-46: It’s Time to Retire Crazy Dana
by Andrew Davey • • Comments Off
So have you seen the crazy things happening with “Crazy Dana” lately? Have you heard what he’s said? Have you seen his voting record? Are you just tired of his overall history of craziness? Well, it’s not like we are obligated…
Yoo’s Torture Memo: Executive Authority is Absolute
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
A while back, we were able to get State Rep. Chuck DeVore to admit he saw nothing wrong with the US using waterboarding as a form of interrogation even though this country prosecuted Japanese officers for waterboarding American POWs. Last…
Impeachment 101
by Andrew Davey • • 2 Comments
This just in from DFA-Orange County. Here’s an event you definitely don’t want to miss! Two leading US Constitutional scholars will explore impeachment during a community forum entitled Impeachment 101: How Impeachment Serves a Democracy, Moderated by the League of…
A Letter to the President on FISA
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
From the Speaker’s Office: “…in the remote possibility that a new terrorist organization emerges that we have never previously identified, the NSA could use existing authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to monitor those communications…In an emergency, NSA…
Government/Corporate Partnership Gone Wild!
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” – Benito Mussolini Talk about your public/private partnerships! This is scary. Forget the extra-constitutional power this gives an exclusive club of people for…
35 Years later, Roe v Wade still stands
by Heather Pritchard • • 13 Comments
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe V. Wade. And even though the Court decided in favor of protecting a woman’s right to choose, we are still fighting to keep the decision upheld. With the…
