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There’s been quite an uproar over recent comments on Habeas Corpus by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported:
“The Constitution doesn’t say every individual in the United States or every citizen is hereby granted or assured the right of habeas,” Gonzales told Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., during a [...]

Kudos to the Maine Legislature! InformationWeek Reports:
Legislators in Maine have refused to implement the Real ID Act and are calling on Congress to repeal it.
The Maine Senate and House of Representatives passed a joint resolution Thursday demanding the repeal of the law and announcing they were the first state lawmakers in [...]

The Associated Press Reports:
The Senate is moving toward its first vote in more than a decade on the line-item veto, and it’s remarkable how much has changed – particularly the positions of many of the major players.
At issue is a watered-down GOP measure that would allow a president to scrutinize spending [...]

The San Francisco Chronicle Reports:
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday warned federal judges not to meddle in cases involving national security, following a string of judicial rebukes of the Bush administration’s anti-terrorism initiatives.
In a speech to the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute, Gonzales said federal judges are not “equipped to make decisions about” actions [...]

The Washington Post Reports:
Private contractors and other civilians serving with U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan could be subject for the first time to military courts-martial under a new federal provision that legal scholars say is almost certain to spark constitutional challenges.
Challenges?? We the people shouldn’t simply “challenge” but instead, make [...]

From Reuters:
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday introduced a bill that would rescind billions of dollars worth of tax incentives extended to U.S. energy companies and put the money into a fund earmarked for renewable energy.
Sponsors of the Creating Long-term Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act, or CLEAN, said it will [...]

AOL News Reports:

Despite a veto threat from President Bush, the House is approving another key measure the Democrats want.
It’s a bill that would force the government to negotiate with drug companies to get lower prices for Medicare patients. Supporters say the government has more muscle than private insurance plans. And many Democrats [...]

From Stateline.org:
A little-noticed change in federal law packs an important change in who is in charge the next time a state is devastated by a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina.
To the dismay of the nation’s governors, the White House now will be empowered to go over a governor’s head and call up [...]

The New York Times Reports:
The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to broaden federal support for embryonic stem cell research, stepping up a confrontation with President Bush over a thorny scientific and ethical issue that Democrats hope to capitalize on in the next election.
The vote, 253 to 174, was not enough to overturn a likely presidential [...]

The Associated Press Reports:
The House voted to raise the federal minimum wage Wednesday for the first time in a decade, to $7.25 an hour, as majority Democrats marched briskly through their 100-hour agenda at the dawn of a new Congress.
Ebullient Democrats stood and cheered as the final vote – 315-116 – was [...]