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Associated Press:
Supreme Court backs Guantanamo detainees — In rebuke to administration, suspects may appeal in U.S. civilian courts — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court gives detainees habeas rights — In a stunning blow to the Bush Administration in its war-on-terrorism policies, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign nationals held at Guantanamo Bay have a right to pursue habeas challenges to their detention.
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David Stout / New York Times:
Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts — WASHINGTON — Foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their detention there in United States courts, the Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4 …
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Alex Koppelman / Salon:
Fox News calls Michelle Obama “Obama's baby mama” — An alert reader wrote in just a little while ago to let us know about something he'd spotted on Fox News Wednesday afternoon. During a segment discussing conservative attacks against Michelle Obama, the wife of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack …
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Michelle Malkin:
Durbin says: We're going to hell! Update: The Obama “baby mama” drama — Breathe a bad word about Michelle Obama and you'll be cast into the fiery bowels of hell, says Reverend Dick Durbin. — Here's my hell-baiting Fox segment on Michelle earlier this afternoon.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Malkin Defends Fox — A woman who has complained bitterly - and understandably - about racial stereotypes defends Fox News' use of the term “Baby-Mama” to describe Michelle Obama.
Oliver Willis:
Hey Fox News, Just Call Her A N***** And Be Done With It, Okay? — Fox News refers to Michelle Obama as Senator Obama's “Baby Mama”. — So here's the thing (because during this campaign I'm apparently learning that we black people have our own secret code and hand signals so this stuff …
Karen Tumulty / Time:
Exclusive: Obama's Anti-Rumor Plan — As long as there have been rumors in politics, there has been one widely accepted way for a candidate to deal with them. Basically, it's not to. Otherwise, according to prevailing wisdom, all a candidate achieves is to elevate the rumors to a legitimate story for the media to feast on.
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Justin Rose / Times of London:
Robert Mugabe's militia burn opponent's wife alive — The men who pulled up in three white pickup trucks were looking for Patson Chipiro, head of the Zimbabwean opposition party in Mhondoro district. His wife, Dadirai, told them he was in Harare but would be back later in the day, and the men departed.
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The Hill:
New Gang of 14 won't back McCain — Peterson wants answers on energy from McCain's campaign. In a recent interview, Peterson noted McCain's stance on climate change, saying, “If global warming is our top energy priority, this country has no economic future.”
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Wall Street Journal:
$4 Gasbags — Anyone wondering why U.S. energy policy is so dysfunctional need only review Congress's recent antics. Members have debated ideas ranging from suing OPEC to the Senate's carbon tax-and-regulation monstrosity, to a windfall profits tax on oil companies, to new punishments for …
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Debbie Schlussel:
EXCLUSIVE: Who is Mohammed Al-Churbaji?: Key Al-Qaeda Terrorist “Abu Salim's” Son is Barack Obama Fundraiser; Islamic Terrorist “Mr. Mom” — By Debbie Schlussel, Copyright 2008 — **** Must Cite Debbie Schlussel and link to DebbieSchlussel.com; Not for Use by Aaron Klein, WorldNutDaily ****
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WisPolitics.com:
WisPolitics.com: Obama bests McCain in first UW Dept. of Political Science/WisPolitics.com General Election Poll — CONTACT: UW Political Scientist Ken Goldstein at 608-263-2390, Charles Franklin at 608 263-2022. — In the inaugural UW Dept. of Political Science/WisPolitics.com survey taken immediately …
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Iowa Presidential Election — Iowa: Obama Expands Lead in Hawkeye State — Barack Obama, enjoying a bounce in national polling since clinching the Democratic Presidential Nomination, is also expanding his lead in Iowa. — The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey …
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE RECOGNITIONS — Yesterday the White House announced six recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Medal of Freedom is our highest civil award. Among the deserving recipients are General Peter Pace and Judge Laurence Silberman. — Unfortunately, also among the recipients …
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