http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:05:54 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Click here for full article. ]]> http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/10/judge_repudiates_bush_on_endle.php http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/10/judge_repudiates_bush_on_endle.php Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:05:54 -0500 Felons Seeking Bush Pardons Approach Record by Charlie Savage, NY Times, Sat 19 Jul 2008 ...As the administration wrestles with the cascade of petitions, some lawyers and law professors are raising a related question: Will Mr. Bush grant pre-emptive pardons to officials involved in controversial counterterrorism programs? Such a pardon would reduce the risk that a future administration might undertake a criminal investigation of operatives or policy makers involved in programs that administration lawyers have said were legal but that critics say violated laws regarding torture and surveillance. Some legal analysts said Mr. Bush might be reluctant to issue such pardons because they could be construed as an implicit admission of guilt. But several members of the conservative legal community in Washington said in interviews that they hoped Mr. Bush would issue such pardons - whether or not anyone made a specific request for one. They said people who carried out the president's orders should not be exposed even to the risk of an investigation and expensive legal bills. "The president should pre-empt any long-term investigations," said Victoria Toensing, who was a Justice Department counterterrorism official in the Reagan administration. "If we don't protect these people who are proceeding in good faith, no one will ever take chances." Emily Lawrimore, a White House spokeswoman, would not say whether the administration was considering pre-emptive pardons, nor whether it would rule them out. "We are going to decline to comment on that question since it is regarding internal matters," Ms. Lawrimore wrote in an e-mail message. ]]> http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/07/pondering_its_own_criminality.php http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/07/pondering_its_own_criminality.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:23:33 -0500 Full article]]> http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/06/once_again_four_catholic_justi.php http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/06/once_again_four_catholic_justi.php Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:28:50 -0500 Leading On Climate Change How Action in Congress Can Move the World By Tony Blair Washington Post Thursday, May 29, 2008; A19 The writer was British prime minister from 1997 to 2007. He recently launched the Breaking the Climate Deadlock initiative to promote a new global agreement on climate change. ]]> http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/05/climate_change_legislation_fin.php http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/05/climate_change_legislation_fin.php Thu, 29 May 2008 12:41:29 -0500 bona fides, while still providing for torture of bound subjects, is breathtaking. The overwhelming opinion of former intelligence officers is that torture produces bad information, and gives the country's enemies a propaganda victory like no other. Read more.]]> http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/04/administration_still_committed.php http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/04/administration_still_committed.php Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:27:28 -0500 over one-third of District residents are functionally illiterate, compared with only one-fifth nationally. - We need careful and fair development of the city, a strategy that celebrates the rich cultural and political heritage of DC's many neighborhoods, and that emphasizes the value of community and the need for affordable housing as we support economic redevelopment and opportunity. - Perhaps the healthcare crisis is nowhere more dire than in the nation's capital, where residents face the nation's highest HIV/AIDS rate and face significant obstacles to receiving even basic preventative care, prenatal care, dental care, and urgent care services. Consider that, save for overburdened hospital emergency rooms, there are no urgent care facilities open in DC on the weekend. - Even our drinking water is in peril. The Washington Post reported in the summer of last year that lead exposure leads to violent crime. The District has been battling lead in our drinking water for decades, and unfortunately, lead exposure is a better indicator of crime than almost any other suggested causes of crime. Let's be sure to keep local issues alive this week and on through November, because the District must be a model of the transformative power of good government, right here at the seat of federal power. We need to bring a Democrat back to Pennsylvania Avenue - for the international community, the country, and our city. ]]> http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/02/local_issues_in_advance_of_tue.php http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/02/local_issues_in_advance_of_tue.php Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:46:09 -0500 boston200.org and are available only to registered parishioners over the age of 14. If more than 3,000 people request tickets, they will be chosen by lottery. "Many Catholics have called asking if the archdiocese would have tickets, so we requested a number from the Archdiocese of New York, and we were thrilled that they allocated such a large number for us," said Scot Landry, coordinator of the event. "There's a natural affection for the Holy Father, and this is his first trip to the US, and I think people want to experience it firsthand." At the New York Mass, the Pope will recognize the bicentennial of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the creation of the dioceses of Boston, New York, Louisville, and Philadelphia. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has set up a website for the papal visit, located at www.uspapalvisit.org]]> http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/02/full_itinerary_for_popes_visit.php http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/DC/2008/02/full_itinerary_for_popes_visit.php Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:00:16 -0500