Yesterday, under a Freedom of Information request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Department of Justice released nine of the 100-some requested documents from the Bush DOJ. According to the quasi-legal ramblings of John Yoo, who worked in the Justice Department's Office of Legal...

With the Justice Department now back in the hands of the law, the evidence of the Bush administration's assault on the Constitution is finding its way into daylight. These documents reveal the administration's utter disregard for the American people. Newly disclosed memos from the Justice Department...

Witness comes today from a former National Security Agency analyst, Russell Tice, that my long-held suspicion is true. The National Security Agency is illegally monitoring all - all - digital communications. To keep us safe from those who do not share our love of liberty. Yes, even red-blooded American...

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision virtually cuts off lawsuits against employers who pay women less than men for doing the same job . The House of Representatives will vote this week on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Senate will vote next week. Because of...

You have no right to a vote on the rights of other Americans. That's not how it works. If I proposed to run a referendum on whether or not you (blond hair, Caucasian, chocolate-lover... Christian) deserved equal rights and protection under the State and Federal Constitutions, would you say "Oh...

To hear John McCain or Sarah Palin say it, "liberal" is a dirty word. They can't help sneering when they say the Senator Barack Obama if "the most liberal" U.S. Senator. What does that mean, in terms of Senator Obama's positions on legislation, and how does that compare to...

The language of intolerance is not without consequences. Unfortunately, the intolerant are too weak minded to understand the consequences of their own words. So-called "conservatives", taking their cue from the "You're with us, or with the terrorists" jargon of their President...

The Democrats caved in today, and granted immunity to the phone companies that conspired with the Bush administration’s illegal wiretapping of American citizens. As always when your rights are compromised, national security is the rationale. “We have to spy on you to protect you from those who would...

I have refrained from writing about John McCain’s pastor problem. I really resented the way so many people used Rev. Wright as an excuse to unleash their racism and guiltlessly attack Barack Obama for being black – and worse – attack the institution of the black church, which has provided hope and inspiration...

The ruling by the California Supreme Court on Thursday, declaring full legal equivalence of same-sex marriage, is more welcome evidence that homosexuals are on their way to achieving equality as citizens under the law. The court ruled that California’s domestic partnership law, which provided virtually...