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Separation of Powers

Margolis' Reasoning in the Torture Memos Case – Part 2

February 24, 2010

     In yesterday's post I described the legal reasoning that Jay Bybee and John Yoo used to justify subjecting prisoners under American control to slow drowning, the cold cell, shackling in a standing position for days at time, and confinement in a small box.  Today I describe why David Margolis, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, does [...]

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May Congress Regulate the Loudness of Television Commercials?

December 18, 2009

     Loud television commercials are a problem at our house.  During television shows my wife and I tell the kids "Turn it up!" because we can't hear as well as they do- at the volume they are comfortable with the shows sound like mumbling to us.  But when the commercials come on they are so loud we [...]

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Richard Cheney and American Exceptionalism

December 10, 2009

     In a recent interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, former Vice-President Richard Cheney referred to President Barack Obama as "this guy who doesn't fully understand or share that view of American exceptionalism that I think most of us believe in," and stated that it would give "aid and comfort to the enemy" to try [...]

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