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Chile Dam Controversy Aired in Spain

“Good morning Endesa,” the bright-yellow sign read. “If you’re really concerned about your children’s children, don’t destroy Patagonia.” The message, written in the form of a letter and signed “Sincerely, Greenpeace,” echoes an Endesa ad ...

From BENJAMIN WITTE, EcoEarth News,  21 Jul 2008

Chile Dam Debate Prompts Internal Govt Inquiry

The move came in response to an official complaint filed last month by opponents of the large-scale dam project, which is slated for Region XI’s Baker and Pascua Rivers (PT, May 19). Fourteen members of Congress’ so-called “Green Bench,” a loose ...

From BENJAMIN WITTE, EcoEarth News,  20 Jun 2008

Congress's Guantanamo Burden

Yes, habeas corpus has been grandly re-established at Guantanamo. But, as the court majority made clear in this brief passage, that does not mean the government is holding a single person illegally at the base. Nor did the court have a whole lot to say ...

From BENJAMIN WITTES, The Washington Post,  12 Jun 2008

Are You An Anti-Gay Bigot If You Favor Civil Unions? The California Court Thinks So.

Also on TNR.com today: E.J. Graff suggests that Democrats who fear the political fallout of the gay marriage ruling are wrong-headed--from both an ethical and an electoral standpoint.  "Barack Obama has always believed that same-sex couples should ...

From BENJAMIN WITTES, The New Republic,  20 May 2008

Chile Dam Critics: "Viera-Gallo Shouldn't Be Judge and Jury"

Accorsi approached the Comptroller – a government supervisory institution – in name of the so-called “Green Bench,” a group of pro-environment members of Congress that includes Sen. Alejandro Navarro of the Socialist Party and Sen. Guido Girardi ...

From BENJAMIN WITTE, EcoEarth News,  19 May 2008

The Supreme Court's View Of "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Makes No Sense. Here's How To Fix That.

The Supreme Court last week gave the country an object lesson in the absurdity of the Eighth Amendment--at least, as it is currently understood by the justices. On a single day, it handed down a decision upholding as constitutional the specific mixture ...

From BENJAMIN WITTES, The New Republic,  28 Apr 2008

The Bush "Torture Memo" Is Getting A Lot Of Attention--But For The Wrong Reasons

The disclosure of the former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo's "torture memo" this week was, in most senses, an exercise less in news than in archaeology. The public has long known the memo existed. And it has also known, in broad strokes, what it ...

From BENJAMIN WITTES, The New Republic,  5 Apr 2008

What Happens If The Supreme Court Recognizes Individual Gun Rights And Nothing Changes? We're About To Find Out.

One thing seemed clear from Tuesday's Supreme Court oral arguments in District of Columbia v. Heller: The justices are poised to recognize that the Second Amendment confers on individual Americans the right to own guns. The court's conservatives--save ...

From BENJAMIN WITTES, The New Republic,  21 Mar 2008

How To Tell If The September 11th Trials Should Be Held In Contempt

At long last, one way or another we're about to learn a great deal about military commissions. The charges prosecutors filed Monday against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other alleged September 11 conspirators cannot proceed credibly to trial in ...

From BENJAMIN WITTES, The New Republic,  14 Feb 2008

Mukasey’s Mojo: Yes, he stonewalled on water-boarding, but the attorney general’s testimony still revealed something profound about the man himself.

Attorney General Michael Mukasey frustrated Democrats yesterday when he refused, again, to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee whether water-boarding counts as torture or is otherwise prohibited by law. At the committee hearing, he declared the ...

From BENJAMIN WITTES, The New Republic,  31 Jan 2008

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