Sat Dec 05, 2009 at 05:28
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The president has been getting some resistance from within his party for several new proposals, but an extremely consequential area of conflict is being largely overlooked.
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 at 05:22
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Troop levels and insurgency strategies have dominated the discussion about Afghanistan, but there may be an important ulterior motive for those in favor of a ramped up military effort.
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Sat Oct 17, 2009 at 05:14
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The health care debate and last weekend's activities in the capitol produced some high profile disagreements on the left. Part of it is the tug of war to set the party agenda, but part of it is also in the Democrats' DNA.
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Sat Oct 03, 2009 at 04:56
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This week the House Majority Leader came out strongly against revoking the telecom amnesty passed in last year's FISA Amendment Act. Taken together with his other major policy positions, has anyone done more active harm to the left's priorities?
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Sat Sep 26, 2009 at 06:01
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The attorney general announced a new policy for the executive branch's treatment of the state secrets privilege. But it is not so much a bold step towards greater openness as lipstick on a pig.
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Sat Aug 29, 2009 at 06:14
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In the wake of the latest blow to those who favor America's torture policy, their rhetorical ground for approving it has shrunk to a downright claustrophobic space. As it turns out, this development is not confining but downright liberating.
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Sat Aug 15, 2009 at 05:17
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A rumored special prosecutor to investigate those directly involved in allegations of torture prompted sharply different reactions among those who have largely been in agreement on the issue to this point. The question: Would it be little more than a whitewash or the first step in a fuller accounting?
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Sat Aug 08, 2009 at 05:15
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A recent court filing by the White House caused at least one reporter to remark on its curiously off-topic conclusion. The goal of it may have more to do with pending legislation than the case in question, however.
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Sat Aug 01, 2009 at 05:12
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A history of the 14th century sketches out a judicial process that helps to illuminate some of our current practices.
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Sat Jul 25, 2009 at 05:07
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A recent Supreme Court ruling illustrates yet again the dangers of ever-expanding the power of the president. Perhaps even more troubling, partisans on both sides continue to be largely silent about it.
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 at 16:13
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The former vice president would rather we not know what he said in a voluntary interview with a special prosecutor. But he kept it out of the legal system to suit his purposes at the time, and the inconvenience of that fact now is not enough to justify preventing its release.
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Sat Jul 04, 2009 at 06:21
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Some of the president's supporters may be politely ignoring some of the issues involving him. Whatever the strategic benefits at the moment, doing so may not be in the left's long term interest.
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Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 05:12
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Little-noticed authority granted to the president several decades ago may be helping the architects of the crackdown in Iran. The unintended consequences are enough to justify a second look at whether those powers should stay in place.
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Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 05:20
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A recent column by a prominent advocate of the U.S. torture program is the latest example of how its proponents refuse to address even the most basic facts concerning it.
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Sat Jun 06, 2009 at 05:12
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Proponents of the Bush administration's antiterror policies argued for vast and unchecked new powers for the president. Recent events may give them reason to question the wisdom of such absolute grants of authority.
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