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Monday's Pro-Al-Qaida Decision by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

By |2023-05-20T09:39:01-04:00June 12th, 2007|

Monday’s divided (2-1) decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is wrong in a number of serious ways (see “Federal appeals court rules against enemy combatant policy”). It refers to “enemy combatants” without knowing what that phrase means. It ignores a 1942 unanimous decision of the US Supreme Court which decided a similar case the way the dissenting judge would have decided this one.

“Enemy combatants” simply means enemy soldiers. When captured, enemy soldiers can be held for the duration of the war, without any charges, trials or access to lawyers. So say the Geneva Conventions, the Hague Convention before them, and the Law […]

The Day the Wall Came Down

By |2023-05-20T09:39:01-04:00June 12th, 2007|

Twenty years ago today, then-President Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, West Germany. He bristled at the inclusion of “West” in the names of the city and nation, forced upon the world as they were by a wall, built by the communists in the East. More, he bristled at the totalitarianism of East Germany and the Warsaw Pact – where the communist ideology necessitated the building of the Berlin Wall, armed with razor wire and machine guns aimed, not at the West, but inward to the east in order to cut down those who would flee to freedom.

Reagan gave a speech […]

John Armor: Come On In, The Benefits Are Free: New Haven's Response to Illegal Immigration

By |2023-05-20T09:39:01-04:00June 11th, 2007|

The Board of Aldermen of New Haven, Connecticut, have by an astonishing vote of 25-1 approved special City-issued IDs for illegal aliens. The program is also strongly supported by Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., who said, “It’s a practical response to a real problem of a large segment of the population who felt isolated from civil authority, were fearful of civil authority and that was contributing to a lack of civility and order in our community.”

New Haven is apparently the only local community which has taken such a step. The Mayor estimated that 10% of the City’s 120,000 population are “undocumented.” The reason […]

Judge Tarred by Liberals

By |2023-05-20T09:39:02-04:00June 8th, 2007|

US District Judge Leslie Southwick comes before the Senate Judiciary Committee today on his nomination to move up to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. When Judge Southwick was nominated to the District Court, his approval was unanimous. But now, the Democrat left has attacked him for being “against” homosexuals and blacks.

Both charges have to do with just two of the more than 7,000 decisions he participated in as a Judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. In both cases, he joined the opinion, but did not write it.

In one, the appeals court approved a trial court decision granting custody of a child […]

The New York Times ignores the Constitution, again

By |2023-05-20T09:39:03-04:00June 7th, 2007|

Here’s my latest op-ed, published in today’s Washington Examiner (though they spelled my name incorrectly):

WASHINGTON – A review by Adam Cohen of a new book, Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas, appeared earlier this week in The New York Times.

The review demonstrates that neither Cohen, nor the authors of the book, nor the editors of The Times have a clue about what it means to have a constitution and how such a document operates.

The review began with Cohen getting his knickers in a twist over the fact that Justice Thomas does not ask questions during oral argument. It […]

John Armor: The N.Y. Times ignores the Constitution, again

By |2023-05-20T09:39:03-04:00June 7th, 2007|

A review by Adam Cohen of a new book "Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas" appeared earlier this week in The New York Times. The review demonstrates that neither Cohen, nor the authors of the book, nor the editors of The Times have a clue about what it means to have a constitution and how such a document operates.

Walter Williams: 'Compassion Versus Reality'

By |2023-05-20T09:39:03-04:00June 6th, 2007|

ACRU Policy Board member, Walter Williams, writes about the importance of getting our terms right, and understanding what the Left’s terms of compassion really mean:

Dr. Thomas Sowell, a distinguished economist and longtime friend and colleague, recently wrote a series of columns under the title “A War of Words.” He pointed out that liberals succeed in duping the public because they are so clever with words that they give the appearance of compassion. Liberals talk about the need for “affordable” housing and health care. They tarnish their enemies with terms such as “price-gouging” and “corporate greed.” Uninformed and unthinking Americans fall easy prey to this […]

John Armor: ID Cards for Illegals?

By |2023-05-20T09:39:04-04:00June 5th, 2007|

The Aldermen of New Haven, Connecticut, have just approved ID cards for illegal immigrants in that City. The purpose is to allow them to open bank accounts and receive city services including welfare. Was anyone on the Board of Aldermen thinking when they adopted this measure?

To put this in context, would they even consider offering Get Out of Jail Free cards for bank robbers in New Haven? How about Free Lance Pharmacy cards for drug dealers? I shudder to think what they might do, to give a free ride to rapists or child molesters.

There is, of course, a serious point here. Under federal […]

Guantanamo Prisoner Case Dismissed

By |2023-05-20T09:39:05-04:00June 4th, 2007|

Today, a US military judge dismissed charges against a 20-year-old prisoner. This decision was widely, but not competently, reported around the world. The Associated Press story in US papers was close to accurate.

Canadian detainee, Omar Khadr, was accused of throwing a grenade in Afghanistan which killed U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Speer. Many of the foreign reports focused on the fact that Khadr was 15 at the time, which had nothing to do with the decision.

The judge, Army Col. Peter Brownback, dismissed the charges because Khadr was classified as an “enemy combatant,” whereas the law enabling the trials applied to […]

On the Lesbian – eHarmony Suit

By |2023-05-20T09:39:05-04:00June 4th, 2007|

A San Francisco lesbian, Linda Carlson, has filed suit in Los Angeles against a heterosexual dating service, eHarmony, for not accommodating her sexual category (see “eHarmony accused of discrimination,” San Francisco Chronicle). She claims discrimination because eHarmony specializes in men meeting women, and has no category for women seeking women.

She does NOT claim that eHarmony prevented her from taking their famous, multi-point compatibility test. She could have described herself as a liberal, lesbian from San Francisco who believes the movies of Michael Moore. Her phone might not have rung off the hook, but she could have done that.

Also, […]

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