Jose Padilla found guilty on all counts.

Per MSNBC: Jose Padilla was convicted of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration’s zeal to stop homegrown terror.
Padilla and co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi face life in prison because they were convicted [...]

any ideas? i am fresh out

i know that i have been remiss in posting. i have been taking a step back because of a variety of reasons- not the least being i hate summer but, as summer winds down- i guess i should get back into the fray. i don’t know what all of the answers are to [...]

Fast-tracking death row inmates

Bush did the same thing when he ran the state of Texas. He is set to ‘fast-track’ death row inmates, removing what has been due process for an inmate sentenced to death for a crime. As the IHT article points out:
The US Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales – Mr Bush’s top legal adviser during the spree [...]

Bush and his whores continue to sink the Country while Congress just watches.

Once upon a time, there was a Place called the Department of Justice. It was a noble institution, one we could always be sure would do the right thing and that politicization of the Department would never occur to taint their decisions or prosecutions….
Those days of old are gone sportfans..seriously..they have been for over six [...]

Fred Thompson is blogging again..

Oh yes my dear reader..Mr. Law n’ Order has his site up and running again. His first post..well, its about that scumbag trying to become a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Judge Leslie Southwick. You can read Fred’s blog but of course you can’t comment unless your a [...]

Fred Thompson..his trial lawyer dayz…

The subtitle is intriguing in the WaPo article: “Cases Indicate Willingness to Defy GOP Orthodoxy” is it not? The article goes on to list cases ol’ Freddy has taken..like the 14 tons of Cannabis just for an example.
The article also tells us how Freddy supports and aligns himself with various lawyer groups who historically are [...]

and- you want me to hope?

The House Judiciary Committee voted contempt of Congress citations Wednesday against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and President Bush’s former legal counselor, Harriet Miers.
Contempt of Congress would be a federal misdemeanor punishable by up to a $100,000 fine and a one-year prison sentence. If the citations win support in the full House, they [...]

Schumer, Gonzo and the gang of 8

Chuck was the last man to question Alberto today. He asked direct yes or no questions of the man who heads our country’s Justice Department. He asked about the meetings with the gang of 8. Schumer asked him direct yes or no questions regarding the clandestine meeting with a barely lucid John Ashcroft at the [...]

James Comey has some advice for Bush: Hire Fitzgerald for Atty General

 

This is rich. The Former #2 man at the DoJ has a stunning bit of advice for King George. A snippet from the Bloomberg article via RawStory:
 

Fitzgerald Deserves Top U.S. Law Post, Comey Says (Update3)
By Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos
July 20 (Bloomberg) – Patrick Fitzgerald won the convictions of four Osama bin Laden associates in [...]

Bush pushes the envelope on Executive Privilege

They are really running scared with this newest reaction to Congress’s threat of contempt charges regarding the firing of the USA’s. BushCo said flat out that the Justice Department will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges initiated by Congress against White House officials once the president has invoked executive privilege. Per a WaPo article [...]