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US Supreme Court threatens to burn prosperity fund packages
On Thursday 14th August 2008, Chief Justice John Glover Roberts, realising that military and international law enforcement authorities were moving against him, attempted to assemble a personal plea-bargain in order to obtain legal immunity from prosecution. He provided the investigators with detailed incriminating papers and electronic files which implicated George Bush Jnr, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, several Senators and Congressmen and various senior personnel at the US Justice Department and the US Supreme Court. Roberts failed to secure the legal immunity he sought. He then threatened to burn all four thousand international prosperity fund trigger packages, held in the vaults of the US Supreme Court, and thus prevent Brink's from delivering them to their lawful recipients. On Thursday 14th August 2008, Chief Justice John Glover Roberts, realising that military and international law enforcement authorities... more
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Delay to Mexican man's execution
The execution of a Mexican prisoner in Texas has been delayed while the US Supreme Court considers whether it should go ahead.
Jose Medellin, convicted of the rape and murder of a teenage girl, was due to be given a lethal injection despite condemnation from around the world.
The International Court of Justice had ruled the execution should be stopped because it violates international law.
Texas says its courts are not bound by the rulings of the ICJ.
The ICJ ordered that the executions of all Mexican nationals should be suspended after Mexico complained that some of its nationals on death row had not been informed of their right to consular assistance during trial, a right under the Vienna Convention.
On Tuesday United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the US to abide by the ICJ ruling.
"All decisions and orders of the International Court of Justice must be respected by states," he told a television station in Mexico City, where he is attending a world Aids conference.
"The United States should take every step to make sure the execution does not take place."
Medellin's case dates back to 1993 when two girls, Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, were raped and murdered by six gang members in Houston.
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America funds Death Squads in Mexico
America has under the guise of fighting Terrorism decided to sent around $400 Million to Mexico.
The United States says that they are partnering with Mexico to fight drug traffickers.
The truth is however more sinister than you might imagine.
The United States has formed groups of American companies to receive that money.
The money is then used to purchase weapons and train military police in Mexico.
The Mexican police in turn have formed death squads killing thousands per year in the name of fighting the Drug War.
The Mexico project as it is termed is modeled on the Columbia project which has failed.
Its based on a military model for removing supply of Narcotics into the United States.
Ultimately the program only winds up funding corruption and fear.
The Mexico project was worked into the new Security and Prosperity Partnership with Mexico.
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Bong hits for Jesus
This is a Supreme Court case that we all need to know about!
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McCain against Roe v. Wade & Comprehensive Sex-ed
John McCain has a 0% rating from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund because he has consistently voted against women's reproductive rights.
Once again it becomes clear that John McCain's policies are identical to Bush's.
He is opposed to Roe v. Wade and has said that he would like to see it overturned.
He's against Comprehensive Sexual Education and only supports "abstinence-only" education which has been proven to be ineffective and is often tied to bringing religion, and misinformation about sex into the classroom.
He's against making birth control affordable by means of requiring insurance companies to cover it.
Do Americans know enough about John McCain's extreme positions on this critical issues?
Is McCain any different from Bush on reproductive health or a disrespect for the Constitution and the right to privacy?
Take the Bush-McCain challenge and quiz by watching this video and decide for yourself if McCain is really the "maverick" he's cracked up to be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Z4dxjRv4g
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Supreme Court rejects death penality for raping a child
The Supreme Court on Wednesday outlawed executions of people convicted of raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment... The Supreme Court on Wednesday outlawed executions of people convicted of raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana ... more
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Supreme Court slashes '89 Exxon oil spill victim payments, Alito owns Exxon s...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million.
The court ruled that victims of the worst oil spill in U.S. history may collect punitive damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., but not as much as a federal appeals court determined...
...The Supreme Court divided on its decision, 5-3, with Justice Samuel Alito taking no part in the case because he owns Exxon stock... The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million. ... more -
Paper money discriminates against blind people
The U.S. discriminates against blind people by printing paper money that makes it impossible for them to distinguish the bills' value, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The U.S. discriminates against blind people by printing paper money that makes it impossible for them to distinguish the bills' v... more
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US Supreme Court approves of racial profiling
"In the case of Virginia v. Moore, the high court saw no violation of David Lee Moore’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, even though his arrest was the result of a series of Keystone Cop-like miscues and an outright violation of Virginia law.
Here’s how it played out: On Feb. 20, 2003, police officers received a radio call that a man known as “Chubs” was operating an automobile on a suspended license. Apparently, one of the officers knew that David Lee Moore went by the nickname of “Chubs.” The officers pulled over Moore’s vehicle and determined that his license had indeed been suspended. Under Virginia law, driving with a suspended license is not an arrestable offense, and the officers were obliged to issue him a citation for a future court appearance rather than take him into custody. Disregarding this clear legal mandate, however, the officers arrested Moore.
They took him to his hotel room where they searched him and found crack cocaine and $516 in cash....
But the most important fact in this case — which was ignored by the Virginia courts, the Supreme Court and the few media accounts of this litigation — is that David Lee Moore is African-American. (Portsmouth, Va., is a city of slightly more than 100,000 people, more than 50 percent of whom are black.)" "In the case of Virginia v. Moore, the high court saw no violation of David Lee Moore’s Fourth Amendment protection against unrea... more -
The passing of Mildred Loving
The Lovings were instrumental in making interracial marriage legal. In 2007, on the 40th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, Mrs. Loving released a statement in support of gay marriage. The Lovings were instrumental in making interracial marriage legal. In 2007, on the 40th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, Mrs. Lovin... more
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Scalia SPEAKS OUT: Bush V. Gore was not poltically motivated
If his decision wasn't politically motivated---what else is there? It certainly wasn't based on the law to let the votes get counted. Is he suggesting somebody paid him? If his decision wasn't politically motivated---what else is there? It certainly wasn't based on the law to let the votes ge... more
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Exxon Valdez oil spill still unpaid after all these years
That was part of Exxon’s plan. They told me that. In 1990 and 1991, I worked for the Chenega and Chugach Natives of Alaska on trying to get Exxon to pay up to save the remote villages of the Sound. Exxon’s response was, “We can hold out in court until you’re all dead.” Greg Palast. That was part of Exxon’s plan. They told me that. In 1990 and 1991, I worked for the Chenega and Chugach Natives of Alaska on trying t... more
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All Your Homes Are Belong To Us
Few people in the USA are aware that their land, their homes, can be expropriated by corporations via municipal authorities, even if they are solvent and debt-free, even if their homes and lands had been in their families for generations. The people's hold on their property is mighty tenuous. Few people in the USA are aware that their land, their homes, can be expropriated by corporations via municipal authorities, even if t... more
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Supreme Court to hear Guantanamo Prison Case Today
The Court is being asked to decide whether a 2006 Military Commissions Act that denies Guantanamo inmates the right to seek a judicial review of their detention is constitutional. The Court has already ruled against the government's procedures for holding and trying detainees at Guantanamo. The Court is being asked to decide whether a 2006 Military Commissions Act that denies Guantanamo inmates the right to seek a judicial... more
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Quran Confiscated in American Jails
A Muslim inmate says prisoners around the country are regularly mistreated by their jailers because of religious faith. The Supreme Court is considering his case today. What happened to freedom of religion? A Muslim inmate says prisoners around the country are regularly mistreated by their jailers because of religious faith. The Supreme Co... more
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Justice Says Law Degree 'Worth 15 Cents'
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a 15-cent price tag stuck to his Yale law degree, blaming the school's affirmative action policies in the 1970s for his difficulty finding a job after he graduated.
Some of his black classmates say Thomas needs to get over his grudge because Yale opened the door to extraordinary opportunities.
Thomas' new autobiography, "My Grandfather's Son," shows how the second black justice on the Supreme Court came to oppose affirmative action after his law school experience. He was one of about 10 blacks in a class of 160 who had arrived at Yale after the unrest of the 1960s, which culminated in a Black Panther Party trial in New Haven that nearly caused a large-scale riot. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a 15-cent price tag stuck to his Yale law degree, blaming the school's affirmative... more
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