weeklystandard.com - 5/29/2009
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In his speech today, President Obama surrounded himself with images of the law. In a hall housing the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, the president clearly sought to portray himself as one who was protecting America’s legal heritage after almost eight years of “fear” and ...
article.nationalreview.com - 5/27/2009
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article.nationalreview.com —
I t s not the rule of law,
it s the rule of lawyers: That s the
central message conveyed by Pres. Barack Obama s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, a judge of the Second Circuit federal appeals court, to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. ...
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Rule of Law, or Rule of Lawyers? by Andrew C. McCarthy ...
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The Corner on National Review Online —
... it. So, on this basis, can we conclude that it would be neither safe nor sensible to say that Uighurs trained and led by al-Qaeda leader/trainer Abdul Haq pose no danger and should be released? Yes, we can but we d be in sharp disagreement with Judge Richard M. Urbina and, based on his October 17, 2008 opinion in the D.C. District Court, with President Obama who says there is no legitimate reason to hold the al-Qaeda-trained Uighurs. Tom Joscelyn over at TWS blog has more here . ...
Uighurs: Sometimes, the Obama Friday Night Bad News Dump Is Bad for the Left
The Corner on National Review Online —
... earlier today, alluding to the stellar work of Tom Joscelyn at the Standard, federal judge Richard Urbina did try to order their release into the U.S. (Here at NRO, the editors weighed in on Judge Urbina's absurd decision, ...
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