Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Today's News 06-12-07

A Ruling for Justice

Editorial - New York Times - Jun 12th, 2007
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit made clear how threatening Bush's policies on enemy combatants are to the Constitution ...more

The Divide in Medical Care for Our Kids

Bob Herbert - Rune Sentinel - Jun 12th, 2007
What we need is a national commitment to provide basic health care to all children, not just the children of the well-to-do ...more

America is Running Secret Prisons

Matthew M. Johnson - CQ - Jun 12th, 2007
In some cases, people have been detained at such facilities and subjected to degrading treatment for several years without being legally charged ...more

Liberty at Risk

Aziz Huq - The Nation - Jun 12th, 2007
The Military Commissions Act threatens more than terror suspects at Gitmo, It is the spearhead of a long-term incursion on our civil liberties ...more

Bringing Life to Wellstone's Dream

Editorial - Minneapolis Star-Trib - Jun 12th, 2007
Mental illness and addiction -- like Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy -- are brain disorders treatable by medical care ...more

Scooter Libby Fears the Bloggers

Gail Beckerman - Columbia Journalism Review - Jun 12th, 2007
There is a "possibility that these letters...would be published on the Internet and their authors discussed, even mocked, by bloggers" ...more


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