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FEDERAL JUDGE STRIKES DOWN BUSH POLICY LOOSENING CONTROLS ON PESTICIDE USE

August 28, 2006 :: jr3o :: No Comment Yet

U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour has struck down a Bush administration policy loosening regulation of toxic pesticides. He found the rule change "striking in its total lack of any evidence of technical or scientific support for the policy positions ultimately adopted" and further chastised the government for failing to properly apply the Endangered […]

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Warrantless NSA Wiretaps Ruled Unconstitutional

August 18, 2006 :: jr3o :: One Comment

A federal judge in Detroit ruled early yesterday that Pres. Bush’s NSA surveillance program, which uses wiretaps implemented with no judicial oversight, is unconstitutional. The ruling strongly enforced the point that there are “no powers not created by the Constitution” rejecting the AG’s claim that the Congressional Authorization for the Use of Military Force (in Afghanistan) as a legal platform for sweeping new domestic powers.

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