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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Appeals Court Orders Enemy Combatant Free by Military — In a stinging rejection of one of the Bush administration's central assertions about the scope of executive authority to combat terrorism, a federal appeals court ordered the Pentagon to release a man being held as an enemy combatant.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
President denied authority to detain civilians in U.S. — UPDATE at 3:15 p.m. The Justice Department said on Monday that it will ask the full 12-member Fourth Circuit Court to reconsider en banc the panel decision in Al-Marri v. Wright (Circuit docket 06-7427).
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
al-Marri Reactions I — The Hidden Alternative Holding (Surprise — It's About Abusive Interrogation!) — The principal merits holding in the court of appeals' opinion today in al-Marri is that Congress has not authorized the indefinite military detention of a person who is (i) …
Zinie Chen Sampson / Associated Press:
Court rules in favor of enemy combatant — RICHMOND, Va. - A divided panel from a conservative federal appeals court delivered a harsh rebuke to the Bush administration's anti-terrorism strategy Monday, ruling that U.S. residents cannot be locked up indefinitely as "enemy combatants" without being charged.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Federal Court Rules in Favor of 'Enemy Combatant' — A federal appeals court today ruled that the U.S. government cannot indefinitely imprison a U.S. resident on suspicion alone, and ordered the military to either charge Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri with his alleged terrorist crimes in a civilian court or release him.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Vows to Get Immigration Bill Passed — As he heads home from an eight-day European swing to face a hostile Congress, President Bush today lashed out at Democrats for holding a vote of no confidence on his attorney general, and vowed to get his stalled immigration legislation passed, saying, "I'll see you at the bill signing."
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Leader's Journal releases of democrats:
Americans Have Lost Confidence in the Attorney General — Today, every Senator will have the opportunity to go on record and either approve or disapprove of the performance of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Gonzales has repeatedly shown that he lacks the leadership necessary to run the Justice Department.
William Branigin / Washington Post:Senate to Consider No-Confidence Resolution Against Gonzales
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Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Majority of Republicans Doubt Theory of Evolution — More Americans accept theory of creationism than evolution — PRINCETON, NJ — The majority of Republicans in the United States do not believe the theory of evolution is true and do not believe that humans evolved over millions of years from less advanced forms of life.
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Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Retrocessive Intellectual Evolution — This has to be one of the saddest things I've read all week: … It is sad because it is entirely symptomatic of the lazy thinking that infests too many issues. It has become de rigeur to ignore nuanced or complex positions in favor of simplistic narratives …
Mudcat / TIME: Swampland:
Go Ahead And Shoot At Me — I woke up this morning and was going to start my stint as a guest correspondent by trying to kick up a dialogue on how my people in rural America are getting screwed into the stone ages. As an inexperienced blogger (I think this is the third time I've posted anything) …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Dennis Miller goes nuclear on Harry Reid — The e-mails are flooding in. You want it? You got it. — If Rasmussen's right, this should resonate broadly. — Blowback
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Richard Rorty, Philosopher, Dies at 75 — Richard Rorty, whose inventive work on philosophy, politics, literary theory and more made him one of the world's most influential contemporary thinkers, died Friday in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 75. — The cause was complications from pancreatic cancer, said his wife, Mary Varney Rorty.
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Washington Times:
CAIR membership plummets — ONLINE EXCLUSIVE / DEVELOPING: — Membership in the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has declined more than 90 percent since the 2001 terrorist attacks, Audrey Hudson will report in Tuesday's editions of The Washington Times.
Meghan O'Rourke / Slate:
Diamonds Are a Girl's Worst Friend — THE TROUBLE WITH ENGAGEMENT RINGS. — The retail fantasy known as a "traditional" American wedding comprises many delicious absurdities, ranging from personalized wedding stamps to ring pillows designed for dogs to favors like "Love Mints."
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Ezra Klein:
Baerly There — Democracy may be a "journal of ideas," but I wouldn't trust their quotes. In his attempts to make me a straw man on the subject of Iran, for instance, Ken Baer lops off the first half of my sentence, leaving me saying that that "attempt to make the country look like some sort of tyrannical …
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Hilton Calls Barbara Walters from Jail — She 'Was Severely Depressed and Felt as if I Was in a Cage,' but now Has 'New Chance' — In jail serving out the remainder of her sentence for violating parole on reckless driving charges, Paris Hilton phoned ABC News' Barbara Walters Sunday …
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
THAAAT'S What We Were All Waiting For? Angry 'Sopranos' Fans Crash HBO Website — The line to cancel HBO starts here. What a ridiculously disappointing end lacking in creativity and filled with cowardice to The Sopranos saga. But if you're one of those who found it perversely interesting, then don't bother to read on.
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Libby's Supporters Who Wrote to Judge Learn That Letters Take on New Life on the Web — In what may be a sign of things to come, the lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr. last month invoked the rarely used courtroom tactic: the "bloggers can be mean" defense. — The issue was whether to release …
Matt / Think Progress:
Huckabee: 'Most' Prisoners In The U.S. 'Would Love' To Be In Guantanamo — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell condemned the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay yesterday, calling it "a major problem for America's perception" and charging, "if it was up to me, I would close Guantanamo — not tomorrow, this afternoon."
Don Frederick / Los Angeles Times:
New L.A. Times/Bloomberg Poll — John McCain's presidential candidacy clearly is struggling, and a just-completed Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll is not going to buoy his camp's spirits. — We won't reveal the exact numbers here; for that, you can check The Times website later today for all the numbers and analysis.
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Rothenberg: Democrats Played Iraq "like a Stradivarius" — If you want to know the decrepit and immoral state of conventional wisdom in DC, check out Stuart Rothernberg's piece on the supplemental vote. Rothenberg is part of the forecaster-consultant complex, bumping up races or downgrading them …
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