Yay! Court gives detainees habeas rights
Scary that it was only 5-4, though.
In a stunning blow to the Bush Administration in its war-on-terrorism policies, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign nationals held at Guantanamo Bay have a right to pursue habeas challenges to their detention. The Court, dividing 5-4, ruled that Congress had not validly taken away habeas rights. If Congress wishes to suspend habeas, it must do so only as the Constitution allows — when the country faces rebellion or invasion.
Ok. Now I'm also in love with the idea of having "Skin" tattooed on me.
Brenda! Dinner? I'm completely flexible on when and where. Should I just call you when I get out of rehearsal (around 4)?
Sometimes I think tornadoes have a sick sense of humor.
The tornado that struck Kansas State University's campus in Manhattan destroyed a wind erosion laboratory
Before my time, my high school (Ruskin HS) was destroyed by a tornado. It left the front wall standing with the letters RU IN remaining.
But a single word with punctuation seems like it would feel ungrammatical.
This.
I sense irony around here somewhere....
Je. Sus.
Levee breaks in Iowa city, thousands evacuate
DES MOINES, Iowa - The rising Cedar River burst through an earthen levee Thursday just outside Cedar Rapids, and at least 10,000 people there have been ordered to evacuate, officials told NBC News.
Power is out for most of downtown, complicating rescue efforts, city spokesman Dave Koch said.
Cedar Rapids firemen have been organizing boat rescues of stranded residents, Koch added.
