Obama & CPR

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1. Supreme Court Judges Obama Right on Constitution

John Nichols

06/12/2008

When the U.S. Senate voted in September, 2007, on whether to restore habeas corpus protections for those detained by the United States, the senators who would emerge as the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees for president parted company.

Illinois Democrat Barack Obama embraced the basic Constitutional principle that individuals who are detained by the U.S. government have a right to challenge their detention -- no matter where they are held.

Arizona Republican John McCain rejected the wisdom of the founders of the American experiment and voted against restoring habeas corpus protections for foreign suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and others who are detained by U.S. authorities.

Today, the Supreme Court said Obama was right and McCain was wrong.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/328968

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2. kick

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[Labors of Hercules]

3. "grim freeper"... *SNORT*

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4. Bye-Bye Unitary Executive

Bye-Bye Unitary Executive -- Wanted, One Great Attorney General: Who is Your Choice for Obama's AG?

During a fund-raiser in Denver, Obama — a former constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago Law School — was asked what he hoped to accomplish during his first 100 days in office.

“I would call my attorney general in and review every single executive order issued by George Bush and overturn those laws or executive decisions that I feel violate the constitution,” said Obama ...

Bush’s laws will be scrutinized if I become president, Obama says

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/election08/210

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5. Electing America: Obama, the Supreme Court and the American Exception

Electing America: Obama, the Supreme Court and the American Exception

What is at stake in the coming election could not be more clearly drawn than it was in the Supreme Court's five to four affirmation of habeas corpus last week. Five to four! The next President will almost certainly choose two justices during his tenure. John McCain has already indicated that he will choose justices who resemble Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas--that is, justices who will reverse Roe v. Wade; but such justices will also fail to uphold the real American exception: the citizens' subscription to checks and balances and to the written-out rule of law. Justice Stevens is 88 years old. May he live forever. But as we rejoice over the prospect that America will soon once again be a nation of hope in which the rule of law is re-affirmed, we need also to remember that we stand today but one vote away from the end of the line.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marshall-grossman/electing-america-obama-th_b_107270.html