Thursday, May 12, 2005

Judge Defies Will Of Nebraska Voters This is why we need something like an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, if it takes that, but something to protect and preserve the right of the legislatures to write and make law. Judge Ends Nebraska's Gay Marriage Ban. A federal judge on Thursday declared Nebraska's one-of-a-kind ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional. By foxnewsonline@foxnews.com. [FOXNews.com - Politics] 6:34:04 PM    comment [] trackback []

Newsweek Has Blood On Its Hands, Should Wise Up As this story plainly states, 4 dead and over 50 injured in riots in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, which followed an article in Newsweek magazine that said investigators probing abuses at Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba had discovered that interrogators "had placed Korans on toilets, and in at least one case flushed a holy book down the toilet". Four dead as Afghans riot over Koran report [Telegraph News | Breaking News] When will the media learn that the war is also being waged in the media?  Or did they get the reaction they expected when considering publishing it?   I'm sorry, but I don't go along with the bash America / Anti-War crowd that simply relishes on any little thing that could be either embarrassing or a hinderance in prosecuting this war. Then this:Newsweek Retracts Report on Koran Insult After U.S. Pressure. Newsweek apologized on Sunday for reporting that the Koran had been desecrated by U.S. guards, but the White House urged them to do more. By By CHRISTINE HAUSER and KATHARINE Q. SEELYE. Journalists and the Military. Newsweek's explosive allegation was no "honest mistake." [OpinionJournal.com] 12:37:14 AM    comment [] trackback []

Case Dismissed, Confidentiality Prevails, Cheney Wins Three headlines you won't see in the newspapers.  Not above the fold, not even in section A.  After years of democrat groups and Judicial Watch's lawsuits trying to obtain records from private meetings with energy industry experts conducted by Vice President Cheney, the appeals court has dismissed the case.  What has critics and plaintiffs in the lawsuit riled is that Cheney met with industry leaders, leaders in all areas of energy production, distribution and power grids, and consumption to gather information that would lead to the development of an energy policy.  What a shock.    That's exactly what I'd expect to happen.  Get advise from energy people for an energy policy.   Same as one would expect to meet with scientists and environmental people when making an environmental policy.  But you don't have environmentalists make your energy policy.  Same as you would not like an environmental policy written by leaders in the health care industry.  Don't know why these people don't see the logic in this.  Maybe this court decision will cause them to move on to the next 'crisis'. The unanimous ruling further solidifies the president's power to deliberate and seek advice behind closed doors without disclosing details. The court's eight judges supported the Bush administration's contention that forcing the executive branch to produce information about its internal policy deliberations is unnecessarily intrusive and violates the president's constitutional powers. "The president must be free to seek confidential information from many sources, both inside the government and outside," Judge A. Raymond Randolph wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Cheney Wins Court Ruling On Energy Panel Records . A federal appeals court in Washington dismissed a lawsuit yesterday that sought to force Vice President Cheney to turn over records of private meetings his office held in 2001 to shape the administration's energy policy. By By Carol D. Leonnig and Jim VandeHei. [Politics] 12:21:47 AM    comment [] trackback []

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