Category: National Security
Pruning the Patriot Act | Unpopularity Contest | P.B.S. Reprieve | Tongues Wag in Congress
by WS Editors | Jul 1, 2005 | National Security, PoliticsA Patriotic House—Well, sort of. The House of Representatives voted to strike Section 215 from the notoriously nosy USA Patriot Act, thereby barring searches by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies of citizens’ public library records. The American Library Association says it has found 200 cases in which law enforcement officials made requests for […]
Destroying the Fillibuster in Order to Save It | In Defense of Anonymous Sources
by WS Editors | Jun 15, 2005 | Legal Affairs, National SecurityFilibusters Are Busted—In our June 1 FYI we said they weren’t. But then, under a bipartisan agreement, Senate Democrats voluntarily backed down on the decision to filibuster the confirmation of several appellate court judges. The Senate confirmed the judgeships of two conservative women, Janice Rogers Brown, an African-American Justice on the California Supreme Court, and Priscilla R. Owen of […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety