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Bush-appointee Steven Colloton writing for the majority, simply shrugged in the face of this evidence. ..…
Bush-appointee Steven Colloton writing for the majority, simply shrugged in the face of this evidence. ..…
But Stevens’ most distinctive foreign affairs jurisprudence sought to preserve the rule of law during President George W. Bush’s “war on terror.” His decisions in major cases concerning the Bush administration’s detention of suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay, including . ..…
By white in armed militias who did not have skin in the game, The chunk of history Daisey took on was Revolutionary War. ..…
When Stevens wrote the 2004 opinion for the court in Rasul v. Bush that gave detainees at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their imprisonment in federal courts, he cited Rutledge’s vigorous dissent in a 1948 decision that had denied federal court jurisdiction for Germans being held..…
There is much to honor about Stevens. For the rest of my days, I will salute his passionate dissent in Bush v. ..…
In a crucial Bush-era decision on detention of suspected al-Qaeda members, Rasul v. Bush, Stevens was able to rely on a dissent he had helped draft for Rutledge in the obscure case of Ahrens v. ..…
Among the most famous opinions written by Stevens was in the Court's to halt Florida recounts in the 2000 US Presidential election, the decision that cemented George W. Bush's victory over Al Gore. Stevens retired from the court in 2010. . ..…
Throughout his career, Stevens unleashed some of his most memorable language in defeat. . He wrote a scathing dissent in Bush v. Gore, the 2000 case that ended Florida’s presidential recount and anointed George W. ..…
Societal debates over the rights of men and lesbians, the role of race, property rights, also made their way onto Supreme Court's docket, and Justice Stevens, Republican from Chicago, was as surprised as anyone to find taking the liberal side and becoming its ardent champion.. Bush, in..…
Sixteen years later, in his dissent in Bush v. Gore, Justice Stevens wrote that that the clearest loser in the 2000 presidential election was the “Nation’s confidence in the judge as the impartial guardian of the rule of law.” . ..…
Those changes recast Stevens as a liberal voice, one who increasingly disagreed with his more conservative colleagues. His dissenting opinions in Bush v. Gore, District of Columbia v. Heller, and Citizens United v. ..…
Johnson, 1989: The court ruled 5-4 that burning the American flag is a form of protected free speech, but Stevens – a veteran of World War II – argued that the flag is 'worthy of protection from unnecessary desecration.' . Bush v. Gore, 2000: Stevens was among four liberal..…
Stevens enjoyed his share of victories on the closely-divided court, including on series of cases during Bush's administration that gave prisoners at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their U.S courts, rather than military tribunals.. ..…
Just one Justice, Clarence Thomas, sided entirely with the Bush administration, while two others — the conservative Antonin Scalia, joined by the veteran liberal Justice John Paul Stevens — dissented, noting, as Mark Joseph Stern put it, that “Congress had failed to suspend the writ of..…
Circuit Judge Steven Agee, a George W. Bush appointee, said Hill’s attack on Tibbs was not an “inherently economic activity” and the majority interpreted the federal law too broadly. . ..…
Steven Agee, a George W. Bush appointee, pushed back on this argument, saying the difference between the two scenarios lies with what Congress has the power to regulate. . ..…
As Steven Cook wrote in Foreign Policy, this all looks ominously like what the George W. Bush administration did in 2002 and 2003 to justify military intervention in Iraq. . ..…
Former US president George W Bush declares ‘victory’ in the illegal war against Iraq. (IMAGE: Peter Stevens, Flickr). “This government does not torture people,” Bush had pronounced. ..…
Steven Agee, a George W. Bush appointee. “You could have 10 homes and still be charged.” . ..…
Bush or Barack Obama for their private conduct. But Stevens did not anticipate a president like Donald Trump or the amount of private litigation he has provoked. . . ..…
Bush. . . . . . . . White House clamps down on media 'jostling and general chaos' during Trump questioning . Steven Nelson . Thursday November 01, 2018 . . The White House is curtailing press access to President Trump's South Lawn departures to reduce 'jostling and general chaos' before..…
Bush. . . . . . White House clamps down on media 'jostling and general chaos' during Trump questioning . Steven Nelson . Thursday November 01, 2018 . . The White House is curtailing press access to President Trump's South Lawn departures to reduce 'jostling and general chaos' before Trump..…
In his remarks just before Justice John Paul Stevens administered the oath to Roberts, Bush spoke about the 'historic occasion for our country' with Roberts' confirmation as chief justice. . ..…
By many to elect leader, The outcome reflected passionate desire, says Steven Kull, researcher at Program on International Policy Attitudes, recent study of Bush and Kerry supporters.. ..…
Souter, 61, appointed by President George Bush in 1990. Moderate to liberal; fully shares Stevens' strong views against the majority on state sovereignty. . ..…
A Chance for Every Child: Mitt Romney’s Plan for Restoring the Promise of American Education a white paper by the Romney campaign, with a foreword by Jeb Bush . . ... We Others: New and Selected Stories by Steven Millhauser . . Lorrie Moore . ..…
In his dissent to the Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore, the case that effectively awarded the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, Justice John Paul Stevens made a prediction that now appears to have come true: . ..…
Steven Law (president and CEO): Deputy secretary of the Labor Department under President George W. Bush; also served as executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 1998 and 2000. ..…
Iraq: Bush’s Islamic Republic . . James Fenton . Yellow Tulips (poem) . . ... War of the Worlds a film directed by Steven Spielberg . . John Gray . ..…
And President Bush used his Saturday radio address to the nation to push for the amendment. . ``They're playing cynical political games,'' Steven Fisher, communications director for the Human Rights Campaign, said of Republicans. ..…
Bush Backs U.n. Iraq Idea . . Present Governing Council Would Be Dissolved Before July 1 Power Shift . . April 16, 2004 | By Steven R. Weisman and David E. Sanger the New York Times . ..…
Reported Bush-hitler Remark Lands German In Hot Water . . September 20, 2002 | By Steven Erlanger, the New York Times . COLOGNE, Germany -- A reported remark by a German minister comparing President Bush's tactics on Iraq to those of Hitler envenomed a close-fought German election..…
Bush wound up amassing enough convention delegates to be assured the nomination when votes are cast Aug. 2. . Stevens' concerns about the future of open primaries after Monday's decision were seconded by David L. ..…
Joining with Justices Harry Blackmun and John Paul Stevens, those three supposedly conservative appointees of Presidents Ronald Reagan or George Bush forged the majority that upheld rights Planned Parenthood vs. ..…