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Supreme Court Sends Guantanamo Torture Case Back to Lower Court
December 15, 2008, Washington, D.C. –  In Rasul v. Myers, the first case to challenge torture and violations of religious freedom at Guantánamo, the U.S. Supreme Court today granted certiorari, vacated the underlying opinion and remanded the case for reconsideration in light of its opinion in Boumediene v. Bush, which earlier this year recognized the constitutional right of Guantanamo detainees to challenge detention through habeas corpus.

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More Campaigns Raise Big Money
USA Today: “Nearly half of the nation’s House and Senate candidates raised $1 million or more in contributions for the 2008 election, about two-thirds more than a decade ago.”

Key findings:

• Fifty-five Senate candidates and 364 House candidates toppled the $1 million mark, up 63% from 1998 and 8% from last year.
• The median cost of a congressional campaign increased from under $690,000 in 1998 to just over $1 million in 2008.
• Democrats, who added 21 House and seven Senate seats to their majorities, raised 27% more campaign money than Republicans in the 2008 election cycle.

Late Late Nite FDL: Fake Empire
Tonight we have Brooklyn’s, The National, performing Fake Empire; followed by a Chicago’s Andrew Bird, with Dianogoh, performing Lull, from the Daytrotter Sessions.

The National “Fake Empire”

Andrew Bird “Lull”

 Tonight we have Brooklyn’s, The National, performing Fake Empire; followed by a Chicago’s Andrew Bird, with Dianogoh, performing Lull, from the Daytrotter Sessions.

What’s on your mind tonight?

Human Traffickers’ Assets to Be Seized
Spanish plan includes the seizure of assets owned by pimps, managers or owners of any facilities where sexual exploitation activities are detected.

Pentagon Report Confirms Failure Of Iraq Reconstruction Effort
The New York Times and Pro Publica got an advanced look at a report on the American reconstruction of Iraq — and it’s not pretty. The report concludes, in the words of the Times and Pro Publica, that even now,…

Once Again Duncan Black is Absolutely Right!
So says Eschaton: “Lucky that few understood the potential and didn’t try to legislate or regulate it out of existence before it took off. Imagine telling senators in 1992 that soon every 13 year old would have a porn machine…

Heartening
According to this post by Matt Stoller at OpenLeft, every major Democratic senate challenger this year (judged by very expansive criteria) supports Net Neutrality….

Beck: No one is talking about ?real issues? like Sarah Palin?s church being burned down.
On his radio show today, conservative talker Glenn Beck complained that the media is not talking about the “real issues.” To make his point, Beck wondered allowed about why the media isn’t “leading every news cast” with the apparent arson incident at Gov. Sarah Palin’s church. He concluded with a plug for his new network, […]

On his radio show today, conservative talker Glenn Beck complained that the media is not talking about the “real issues.” To make his point, Beck wondered allowed about why the media isn’t “leading every news cast” with the apparent arson incident at Gov. Sarah Palin’s church. He concluded with a plug for his new network, Fox News Channel, saying that in comparison to other morning news shows, Fox and Friends is like a “think tank.” Listen here:

Mr. Beck, we know think tanks…and Fox News is no “think tank.”