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We remember how Keven McKenna unsuccessfully challenged the role of Frank J. Williams, chief justice of the RI Supreme Court, in serving on a federal appeals panel concerning US terror detainees. Now, as Eric Tucker of the Providence AP recently reported...
Arizona's an interesting place. It's got beautiful cacti, a big city (Phoenix) with absolutely no sense of history or place, a small city (Tucson) with a lot of character, and since it's perched on the Mexican border, it's a hotbed of immigration politics...
For all the gun fans and phobes, and legal buffs, out there: Roger Williams University School of Law is hosting a debate on the meaning of the Second Amendment featuring two nationally known experts, Harvard Law Professor Mark Tushnet and Roger Williams...
Amid the news that the US will seek the death penalty for six Guantanamo detainees facing 9/11 charges, a related protest is planned to coincide with the arrival at US District Court in Providence this morning of John Roberts, chief justice of the US...
Matt has the details on tomorrow's scheduled visit by John Roberts, chief justice of the US Supreme Court, and an expected protest: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is scheduled to visit Rhode Island this Tuesday Feb. 12th to help celebrate...
AG Patrick Lynch has some thoughts on the ACLU's recent criticism of him on the telcom immunity issue. Here's what the AG communicated to N4N: The ACLU statement is flat-out wrong in several key respects. First, the activities that the ACLU is calling...
From the Providence chapter : The Rhode Island ACLU today sharply criticized state Attorney General Patrick Lynch for urging Congress to pass a law giving telephone companies retroactive immunity for having illegally shared telephone records with the...
The New York Times had a strong editorial yesterday on the Mukasey confirmation : Once upon a time, the confirmation of major presidential appointments played out on several levels — starting, of course, with politics. It was assumed that a president...
