The failure to hold anyone accountable for torture derives from extraordinary post-9/11 legal theories that made the President all-powerful during “wartime” and established what amounted to martial law in the United States, a condition that continues to this day, writes…
Category: Constitution
A Disappointing ‘Selma’ Film
A Special Look-back at 2014
Udall Urged to Disclose Full Torture Report
The Victory of ‘Perception Management’
US Democracy’s Failure at Racial Justice
NSA’s Binney Honored for Integrity
The ‘Exceptionalism’ of US Torture
Is Torture a ‘Conservative’ Value?
Conservatives who usually hail individual liberties are leading the televised defense of the U.S. government’s torture of terror suspects, including many who were completely innocent. But some conservatives are troubled by this knee-jerk defense of the Bush administration, as Independent Institute’s…