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Marjorie Cohn: Harriet Miers - Bush's Pit Bull
Wednesday, 5 October 2005, 11:03 am | Marjorie Cohn
Bush has nominated his Texas crony as a stealth appointment to the Supreme Court. Although the Senate will be hard-pressed to discover Harriet Miers's positions on the critical issues, she does have a long record of loyalty to Bush, whom she calls ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Bush's Twin Masters
Tuesday, 4 October 2005, 12:27 am | Marjorie Cohn
George W. Bush's two masters - the neoconservatives and the right-wing Christians - were the guiding force behind his decision to invade Iraq, change its regime, and control it permanently. More >>
Marjorie Cohn: No On Roberts
Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 2:27 pm | Marjorie Cohn
The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings have ended and the jig is up. Although Roberts characterized his judicial role as merely an "umpire," he consistently played hide the ball about his views during the questioning. Nevertheless, Roberts' disingenuousness ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: John Roberts - Umpire or Ideologue?
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 10:34 am | Marjorie Cohn
The opening statements of the 18 senators who will first vote on John Roberts' nomination for Chief Justice of the United States set the stage for the confirmation battle. The 10 Republicans and 8 Democrats previewed their expectations of the interrogation ... More >>
John Roberts: Uncompassionate Conservative
Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 3:24 pm | Marjorie Cohn
George W. Bush has nominated John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the United States. Bush lauded Roberts for his "goodwill and decency toward others." Yet Roberts' record reveals a callous disregard for the rights of people very much like the tens of thousands ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: An Interview With Janis Karpinski
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 4:15 pm | Marjorie Cohn
I had been hesitant to speak out before because this Administration is so vindictive. But now I will ... Anybody who confronts this Administration or Rumsfeld or the Pentagon with a true assessment, they find themselves either out of a job, out of their positions, ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Why Bush Can't Answer Cindy
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 12:16 am | Marjorie Cohn
Cindy Sheehan is still waiting for Bush to answer her question: What noble cause did my son die for? Her protest started as a small gathering 13 days ago. It has mushroomed into a demonstration of hundreds in Crawford and tens of thousands more ... More >>
Cohn: Bush Defies Military, Congress on Torture
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 11:06 am | Marjorie Cohn
After the grotesque torture photographs emerged from Abu Ghraib prison in April 2004, Bush said, "I shared a deep disgust that those prisoners were treated the way they were treated." He vowed the incidents would be investigated and the perpetrators ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: The Roberts Court?
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 2:49 pm | Marjorie Cohn
Consider this: John Roberts's nomination for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is confirmed by the Senate. Chief Justice William Rehnquist steps down. Then, Bush elevates Roberts to Chief. More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Mr. Roberts' Neighborhood
Friday, 22 July 2005, 3:20 pm | Marjorie Cohn
Who leaked the name of John G. Roberts before Bush's official prime time revelation Tuesday night? My guess: Karl Rove. He had the most to gain from an early announcement. Rove knows the mainstream media has a very short attention span. What better way ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: No War Criminal for Supreme Court
Thursday, 14 July 2005, 11:11 am | Marjorie Cohn
No sooner had the ink dried on Sandra Day O'Connor's resignation letter than the right-wing evangelicals began shouting threats: Bush had better pick a justice who would decimate the right to abortion as we know it. And corporate lobbyists promised ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Payback Time?
Friday, 8 July 2005, 9:55 am | Marjorie Cohn
With the unexpected resignation of Sandra Day O'Connor, George Bush finds himself on the horns of a dilemma. After his 2000 campaign pledge to appoint justices in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, Bush garnered the crucial support ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: The Creeping Draft
Monday, 4 July 2005, 9:00 am | Marjorie Cohn
Like the recruiter trying to get the youth to enlist in the military, George Bush invoked the September 11 terrorist attacks in his June 28 speech - six times. Bush ended his address with a recruiting pitch: "I thank those of you who have re-enlisted ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Bush & Bolton - The Bully Twins
Friday, 24 June 2005, 2:36 pm | Marjorie Cohn
George Bush and John Bolton have a symbiotic relationship. They need each other to nail shut the coffin of the United Nations, to make the world safe for US domination. More >>
Cohn: Bush Plays Politics with Guantanamo "Gulag"
Friday, 17 June 2005, 12:10 am | Marjorie Cohn
"Absurd!" George Bush exclaimed. "Reprehensible!" Donald Rumsfeld charged. "Ridiculous!" stated Scott McClellan. "I'm offended!" declared Dick Cheney. What are they all so upset about? More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Enforcing US Human Rights Laws
Thursday, 2 June 2005, 11:58 am | Marjorie Cohn
The Bush administration is using the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, as an excuse to launch a massive assault on the human rights of people throughout the world. From the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, to the torture and inhuman treatment ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: The Vietnam War is Over
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 11:27 am | Marjorie Cohn
April 30th marked 30 years since the end of the Vietnam War. Yet, recently elected California Assemblyman Van Tran is pushing the California State Assembly to adopt the old flag of the Republic of Vietnam as the official and only flag of the Vietnamese-American ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Close Guantánamo Prison
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 10:25 am | Marjorie Cohn
Last month, in a little-noticed vote, the Senate rejected Democratic Senator Robert Byrd's proposal to delete funding for the US prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. More >>
Cohn: Team Bush Goes Unpunished for Torture
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 12:44 am | Marjorie Cohn
Team Bush Goes Unpunished for Torture By Marjorie Cohn t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 02 May 2005 From: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/050205B.shtml More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Right to Choice under Nuke Attack
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 3:18 pm | Marjorie Cohn
The year before Roe v. Wade was decided, I met a poor, young woman in a rural American town who had five children, born one year apart. Sally's husband would show up about once a year, beat her up, knock her up, and leave her to fend for herself and the ... More >>
