For an Administration that has spilled gallons of ink in efforts to justify its extreme pro-Executive views, the Bush White House sure has fared poorly in court....
"The very core of liberty secured by our Anglo-Saxon system of separated powers has been freedom from indefinite imprisonment at the will of the Executive," or so they (Justice Scalia) say.
Barry Siegel, Pulitzer-Prize winning former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and author of Claim of Privilege, weighs in on the the case.
Yesterday, I managed to catch Larry Lessig's latest "Change Congress" Power Point presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) here in New York City....
Today, the Supreme Court's decision in Boumediene v. Bush was a clear rebuke of the Administration's attempt to deny Guantanamo detainees' basic rights....
(Updated) Analysis of the Court decisions continues to roll in. Listen to Slate's Bazelon on the Brian Lehrer show, Nina Totenberg on NPR, read the Times reaction...
