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Who Cares If Your Lawyer Abandons You on Death Row?
In a blog entry at Mother Jones, Adam Serwer reviews a Supreme Court case in which an Alabama inmate appeals a lower court’s decision to deny his appeal, arguing that he was abandoned by his lawyers. The Supreme Court ruled in his favor, but Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented, saying it could set…
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Santorum's 'Love' for His Hypothetical Gay Son
In a blog entry at Mother Jones, Adam Serwer examines Rick Santorum’s views on gay rights after the GOP presidential candidate claimed during a primary debate on Sunday that he would love his “hypothetical” gay son. During Sunday’s GOP Primary debate, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum had a nice little moment when he said that…
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Does National-Defense Bill Threaten Security?
In a blog entry at Mother Jones, Adam Serwer evaluates FBI Director Robert Mueller III’s concerns that the latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act doesn’t resolve concerns that mandating military detention for noncitizen terrorism suspects would harm national security and foment a turf war. He concludes that President Barack Obama may be forced…
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How the Supreme Court Could Delay Ruling on Health Care Reform
In a blog entry at Mother Jones, Adam Serwer writes that the Supreme Court could avoid ruling on the contentious Health Care Reform Act mere months before the presidential election. Citing legal experts, he says that the justices could decide whether “the case is properly before them.” The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it…
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Bachmann: The ACLU Is Running the CIA Under Obama
Adam Serwer, in a blog entry at Mother Jones, challenges GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann’s statement that the American Civil Liberties Union is running the CIA under President Barack Obama. He writes that the ACLU, which earlier this year wrote a critical rebuke of the president’s civil liberties record, is likely to disagree. The ACLU…
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Is Cain Really More 'Authentically Black' Than Obama?
In a blog entry at Mother Jones, Adam Serwer condemns National Review’s defense of GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain as the dumbest of the year. He accuses the author, Victor Davis Hanson, of marching out every possible cliché of right-wing victimhood, infantile racial-identity politics and gender stereotypes. … assuming the alleged victims couldn’t be more excited…
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The Great Shariah-Libya Freakout
In a blog entry at Mother Jones, Adam Serwer says that since the Libya Transitional National Council announced its decision to adopt Islamic Shariah law as the basis of its legislation, the right has charged President Barack Obama with being supportive of the decision. Serwer brushes back the claim, saying that the U.S. has no…
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Senate Deal on Military Detention Deteriorating?
In a blog entry at Mother Jones, Adam Serwer says that Thursday’s Senate vote against a Republican-backed amendment that would have completely banned federal criminal trials for terrorism suspects believed to be associated with al-Qaida is the latest blow to a recent bipartisan compromise. The agreement reached by the Senate Services Committee would have made…
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