CIA Suspects Granted Access to Lawyers
US officials have granted 14 "high-value" al-Qaeda suspects, transferred to Guantanamo Bay after years in secret CIA prisons, access to lawyers to represent them at future military trials. The suspects...
View ArticleCourt Should Be Blind to Ethnicity: Will
Democrats are mistaken to consider the Supreme Court a representational institution, writes George Will in the Washington Post . Justices should be chosen based on their ability to uphold the law, he...
View ArticleLawsuit: Let's Double the Number of Congressmen
The House of Representatives is supposed to ensure equal representation for all Americans, but critics see a flawed system because of the expanding population. In Nevada’s 3rd District, for example,...
View ArticleCops: Missing Utah Woman's Hubby Clams Up
The husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell has declined to grant authorities a third interview and has also retained counsel. Police seem positively jilted. “This is very disappointing to us and it...
View ArticleUS Spends $340M to Urge People to Get Counted
The Census Bureau today launched a $340 million campaign to publicize this year’s survey, beginning with the rollout of the Census Portrait of America Road Tour, a flotilla of 13 vehicles that will...
View ArticleAnti-Government Anger Backfires in Texas Census
Anti-government sentiment could be dampening the census response in Texas, which has been counting on picking up four congressional seats and millions of dollars in federal funding. Across the state,...
View ArticleDeployed Soldiers Cost N. Carolina a Congress Seat
During last year's Census, more than 40,000 troops were deployed from North Carolina's military bases—but because only 12,200 of them listed North Carolina as their home state, the state lost out on a...
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