Senator Jon Kyl filed a misleading amicus brief in the recent Hamdan case which was intended to decieve the Supreme Court, in the most sophmoric way imaginable, about the legislative history of the Detainee Treatment Act. He inserted testimony into the Congressional Record designed to mimic live testimony that never happened, which supported his brief’s … Read more

There will be Liberals Drinking at the Shanty this Thursday evening starting at 6PM. Come downtown and enjoy the company of your fellow liberals, meet interesting people, and enjoy one of the largest selections of beer in the city. Please sign-up for our low volume announcement listserv to stay informed about DL events. We are … Read more

The 4th of July celebrates the Declaration of Independence. Historically, the Declaration was actually adopted on the 2nd of July, but the date on the document is the 4th, so that’s what we celebrate. It had been a while since I actually read the entirety of the Declaration. Like so many others, I only remembered … Read more

UPDATE 7/11: In a stunning reversal, Calderon pulled ahead of Obrador in the final stretch of the recount to reclaim a narrow 0.65% lead (236K votes out of ~41 million). The recount only retallied the polling box tallies, it did not recount the actual ballots, which is what Obrador is now demanding. Thousands have taken … Read more

I do so love an interesting poll. Patty Weiss recently released the main thrust of her latest set of polls showing her with a statistically significant lead in the in the Democratic Primary. Patty came in at 23% strong support (32% overall), Gabby Giffords comes in at 16% strong support (22% overall), Jeff Latas and … Read more

Every day I see the result of people’s complete ignorance of their legal rights when dealing with the power of the state. People routinely confess freely to misbehavior not even under investigation, allow unwarranted searches, and are induced to arbitrage their own penal interests against their freedoms by clever police officers. Assuredly, many people who … Read more

Our boys ‘over there’ are closer to us than ever before, thanks to internet technology and Web 2.0 sites like iFilm. Here’s a little music video from three GIs in the ‘Ghan that lets you know exactly what’s on their minds on a daily basis. BTW, VBIED stands for Vehicle Based Improvised Explosive Device, i.e. … Read more