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    John Adams on the Boston Bombings and the Boston Massacre

    APRIL 22, 2013 12:45PM

    By Bjorn Philip Beer


    Topics: rule of law, boston massacre, boston bombings, enemy combatant, belief/religion, news, open+call, tsarnaev, lindsey graham, miranda, politics, terror

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 1473 Views
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    So, who's "dependent" on government?

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 3:20PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president obama, republican party, walter lippmann, private property, rule of law, william blackstone, civil war, progressive movement, teddy roosevelt, robber barons, supreme court, income tax, democracy, state of nature, tea party, let the market decide, capitalism, socialism, supply-side economics, 47%, individualism, community, plutocracy, wall street, government dependency, survival of the fittest, herbert spencer, freedom, caveat emptor, top 1%, corporate welfare, labor unions, capital, politics, economics, mitt romney, gilded age

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    • 30 Ratings
    • 6584 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing

    JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, antonin scalia, supreme court, citizens united, constitution, arizona immigration law, right wing, conservatism, walter lippmann, catholic church, absolutism, autacracy, dream act, president obama, birth control, salon, fox news, talk radio, roberts court, clarence thomas, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, james fallows, dana milbank, vatican ii, voter id, chris hayes, twilight of the elites, meritocracy, ed schultz, msnbc, oligarchy, plutocracy, democracy, political power, rule of law

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    • 29 Ratings
    • 4889 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Bush torture team found guilty

    MAY 15, 2012 1:30PM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: rule of law, bush torture team kuala lumpur war crimes tribunal, bush guilty verdict, addington, yoo, haynes, bybee, gonzales, rumsfeld, cheney, bush

    • 1 Ratings
    • 421 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Just run America better, not into the ground

    MARCH 3, 2012 10:58PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: norquist, dccc, gop, obama, republicans, democrats, banking, regulations, government, rule of law, environment, infrastructure, public, parasite, liberal, taxes

    • 1 Ratings
    • 632 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Gingrich attacks rule of law

    DECEMBER 22, 2011 7:11PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: tom delay, brown v board of education, supreme court, white supremacy, rule of law, right wing, republican party, fascism, newt gingrich, judges, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 660 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Clinton Impeachment: Bitter Fruit of a Poisenous Tree

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 4:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: justice, founding fathers, ending welfare as we know it, bill clinton, democracy, political faction, bi-partisanship, james madison, federalist papers, newt gingrich, tom delay, rule of law, right wing, clinton impeachment, republican party, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 515 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Do We Want to be a Country or a Tribe?

    NOVEMBER 7, 2011 11:33AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: rule of law, nationalism, herman cain, ann coulter, racism, pat buchanan, democracy, freedom, liberty, politics, republican party, george will, tribalism, religious right, pluralism, conservatives, liberals

    • 0 Ratings
    • 131 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Rule by ballot or by gun-law of the jungle

    NOVEMBER 1, 2011 10:20PM

    By Fred Bucheit


    Topics: vote, ballot, rule of law, power, guns

    • 0 Ratings
    • 299 Views
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    TSA Highway Searches In Tennessee Are Unconstitutional

    OCTOBER 26, 2011 9:12PM

    By Masoninblue


    Topics: law, rule of law, criminal law, constitution, fourth amendment, unreasonable searches and seizures, tsa tennessee highway searches, reasonable suspicion. unconstitutional search

    • 0 Ratings
    • 469 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Right wing's 6-Step Program for Dictatorship

    OCTOBER 20, 2011 1:14PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: rule of law, voter id, great society, public schools, 1960s, cutlure wars, rush limbaugh, rachel maddow, liberalism, republican party, dictatorship, john yoo, militarism, founding fathers, democracy, conservatism, right wing, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 543 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Right gears up attack on "pointy-headed" experts

    SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 7:51AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: rule of law, corporations, oligarchy, intellectuals, richard hofstadter, right wing, politics, republican party

    • 0 Ratings
    • 209 Views
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    War Without Representation

    MARCH 30, 2011 9:41AM

    By CJ Maloney


    Topics: america, korea, truman, obama, rule of law, constitution, drones, pakistan, iraq, afghanistan, libya, war

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1978 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Mexico's government needs a monopoly on violence

    SEPTEMBER 26, 2010 1:06PM

    By Carl Senna


    Topics: open+call, economy, open call, private violence, rule of law, capital punishment, slavery, death penalty, murder for hire, organized crime, drug cartels, mexico

    • 1 Ratings
    • 221 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Letter to Our President

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2010 4:33PM

    By Jeff J.


    Topics: extraordinary rendition, warrantless wiretapping, torture, politics, sspa, rule of law

    • 0 Ratings
    • 262 Views
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    Letter to the President

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 11:28AM

    By Jeff J.


    Topics: politics, rule of law, dadt, mohammed v. jeppesen dataplan

    • 0 Ratings
    • 242 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Wrong Time to Block Aid to Afghanistan

    JULY 1, 2010 1:06PM

    By Daphne Eviatar Human Rights First


    Topics: politics news, us military, state department, rule of law, nita lowey, human rights, foreign aid, david petraeus, corruption, afghanistan

    • 11 Ratings
    • 1230 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    If You’re Still an Obama Fan, and Even If You’re Not…

    APRIL 12, 2010 2:58PM

    By Dennis Loo


    Topics: obama, rule of law, torture, rendition, indefinite detention

    • 0 Ratings
    • 239 Views
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    President Obama, Have You No Principles?

    MARCH 6, 2010 7:38AM

    By josey wales


    Topics: president obama, civilian trials, khalid sheikh mohammed, eric holder, constitutional right, rule of law, system of justice, elliot richardson, saturday night massacre, richard nixon, watergate, open call

    • 1 Ratings
    • 320 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Don’t Look Away: Democracy in Honduras Needs our Help Now!

    OCTOBER 8, 2009 7:39PM

    By Winslow Dahlberg-Wright


    Topics: rule of law, democracy, honduran coup, zelaya, honduras

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