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The FISA Compromise
June 25, 2008Audio
Guest: Michelle Richardson, Legislative Consultant for the American Civil Liberties Union
PLUS the Bush contempt judge urges Congress to jail Harriet Miers (fancy that!), something I have urged a cowardly Congress to do for almost a year now!
Issues Debate 6/24/08
June 24, 2008Audio Only
Mark debates Republican Strategist Mike Lane on:
1) Off-shore Oil Drilling – the McCain Flip Flop
2) New Scientific Study on Gay/Straight Brain Differences
3) Public Financing – the Obama Flip Flop
4) The new Intelligence Surveillance Bill and the Supreme Court Decision on Habeas Corpus for Guantanamo Bay Detainees
And a word in praise of Tim Russert
The Best Things in Life Are Free
June 19, 2008Audio
Wind and solar energy now! (no more oil, sorry bush/cheney/mccain)
AND
The Torture of Pentagon Lawyer Jim Haynes (before a Senate committee)
The Supreme Court Upholds the Constitution!
June 17, 2008Audio Only
In a shocking display last week of respect for the rule of law, the Supreme Court held last week that the President did not have dictatorial powers to detain people at will and hold them for life without trial. In doing so, Justice Anthony Kennedy joined with the four “rule of law” justices in finding that the Guantanamo prisoners did have the right to challenge their detentions.
The four right-wing dissenters angry denounced the decision. If you don’t give the President the extra-constitutional power to detain anyone at will, Scalia huffed, “it will cause more Americans to be killed.”
Hitler, Stalin and other dictators have made the exact same argument as Scalia.
While Benjamin Franklin said, “They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.”
So which is more important, the security of tyranny or the danger of liberty?
Who is right?
Scalia and Hitler?
Or a tenuous majority of the Supreme Court and Benjamin Franklin?
It may be the most important debate of our time.
Guest Michael Macleod-Ball, Chief Legislative and Policy Council of the American Civil Liberties Union
Seven Months and Nine Days
June 11, 2008Audio
How much damage can the Bush Administration still do in its waning days?
Will they be prosecuted when the seven months and nine days are up?
ALSO how Obama can stop Iran from being a nuclear power without use of arms.
The secret: Iranians really like us…DESPITE Bush.
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