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Justices
Won't Hear Detainee Rights Cases -- for Now
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/02/AR2007040200470.html
A divided Supreme
Court declined yesterday to consider fresh questions about the legal rights of
detainees at Guantanamo Bay, rejecting an appeal by inmates there who are seeking
access to federal courts to challenge their imprisonment as "enemy
combatants." The court decision was a significant victory for President
Bush, who has asserted for nearly six years that the fate of hundreds of
detainees, held without charges as alleged terrorists at the U.S. naval base in Cuba, should be determined by secret military tribunals. The decision leaves
intact, at least for now, a measure passed at the administration's urging last
year when Congress still was in Republican hands that denies Guantanamo Bay detainees the right to such habeas corpus petitions.
RELATED: Supreme Court Denies Guantánamo Appeal
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/washington/03gitmo.html
Pair
of Army units will return to Iraq sooner
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-troops3apr03,1,4484463.story?coll=la-headlines-world
The Pentagon said
Monday that to sustain the current buildup of troops in Baghdad through the
summer, two Army units have been ordered to return to Iraq without the normal yearlong stay at their home bases. The curtailed home stay for the
two units, a combat brigade of about 3,500 soldiers and a division headquarters
of 1,000, will mark the second time the Pentagon has been forced to send major
Army units to Iraq without a yearlong respite as part of the troop increase
ordered in January by President Bush. Earlier this year, an Army combat brigade
was rushed into Iraq after only 10 1/2 months in the U.S., a fact not
previously disclosed by the Pentagon. Until this year's troop increase, no Army
brigade had ever had less than a year at home between deployments to Iraq, Pentagon officials say.
RELATED: Stretched army sends troops back to Iraq
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-02-stretched-army_N.htm
Pelosi
stands her ground on Syria trip
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/04/03/pelosi_stands_her_ground_on_syria_trip/
House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi yesterday shrugged off White House criticism of her impending visit to Damascus, saying she had "great hope" for reviving US relations with Syria and changing its behavior. Speaking hours after arriving in Lebanon, Pelosi indicated that the Bush administration was singling out her trip to Syria while ignoring recent visits by Republican members of Congress. "It's
interesting because three of our colleagues, who are all Republicans, were in
Syria yesterday and I didn't hear the White House speaking out about
that," Pelosi said, referring to the meeting that Representatives Frank
Wolf, Joe Pitts, and Robert Aderholt had with Syrian President Bashar Assad in
Damascus on Sunday.
U.S.
strategy on Iran may have backfired
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-backfire3apr03,1,5739897.story?coll=la-headlines-world
It seemed like a good
idea at the time: Increase the military, diplomatic and economic pressure on
Iran to get the country to bow to the international community on its nuclear
enrichment program and curtail its alleged troublemaking in Iraq. But now, with
15 British sailors and marines held captive and Tehran threatening to withhold
its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, that strategy has
apparently backfired. Months of hard-nosed U.S. political and military pressure
on Iran may have further radicalized and emboldened the regime, undermining
Washington's stated aim of neutralizing the Iranian threat without resorting to
war, analysts say.
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Colorado
Skico's
side prevails in climate case
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20070403/NEWS/104030044
The Supreme Court
ordered the federal government on Monday to take a fresh look at regulating
carbon dioxide emissions from cars as part of a case that the Aspen Skiing Co.
helped press against the Bush administration. "This is an enormous victory
for the environmental community, and we played a part," said Auden
Schendler, Skico executive director of community and environmental
responsibility. In a 5-4 decision, the court said the Clean Air Act gives the
Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate the emissions of
carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from cars. Greenhouse gases are air
pollutants under the landmark environmental law, Justice John Paul Stevens said
in his majority opinion. The court's four conservative justices - Chief Justice
John Roberts and justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas - dissented.
Many scientists believe greenhouse gases, flowing into the atmosphere at an
unprecedented rate, are leading to a warming of the Earth, rising sea levels
and other marked ecological changes.
Vehicle
registration meltdown
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5460823,00.html
Colorado pulled the plug Monday on its new
computer for licensing motor vehicles - the fifth computer system dating to the
Owens administration to have major problems. Gov. Bill Ritter's administration
halted use of the CSTARS system after reports of four cases in which police
officers checking license plates were informed, incorrectly, that the registration
was for a different car. At least one person had his car unjustly impounded,
said Maren Ruvino, operations director for titles and registration. Ruvino said
she didn't know if any of the drivers were mistakenly arrested under the
presumption they were driving stolen cars. "We have substantial problems
with our computer infrastructure," said Evan Dreyer, Ritter's spokesman.
"CSTARS is one of at least five troubled computer systems the Ritter
administration inherited," Dreyer said. He cited four others, which failed
to pay road workers and welfare recipients accurately and failed to track
unemployment benefits and voter registration. Total value of the problem
computer contracts: $317 million.
Amid
debate on gays, Senate panel approves adoption bill
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0,2777,DRMN_23906_5459902,00.html
An advocate of
traditional family rights argued Monday that gays should not be allowed to
adopt because they die sooner, they're criminals, they drive under the
influence of drugs and alcohol and they frequently miss work. Democratic
lawmakers denounced the remarks, made by Paul Cameron during a Senate committee
hearing on a bill that would allow cohabitating couples, including gays, to
adopt. "Given the . . . testimonies of children with a gay parent, the gay
life span, a child is unfortunate with one homosexual parent," said
Cameron,a member of the Family Research Institute, a Colorado Springs
conservative think tank. "The state should not punish the child by
allowing two." Cameron testified that according to studies conducted in Norway and Denmark, countries where same-sex marriages are legal, married lesbians live to an
average age of 56 and married gay men to an average age of 52.
RELATED: Panel OKs same-sex adoption bill
http://www.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/07/news070403_4.htm
RELATED: Senators back
adoption bill
http://www.denverpost.com/newsheadlines/ci_5579680
RELATED: Party-line
vote saves adoption bill
http://www.gazette.com/onset?id=20825&template=article.html
Tancredo
Enters 2008 Presidential Race
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/02/AR2007040200693.html
Criticizing other GOP
candidates as weak in their efforts to stop illegal immigration, Colorado Rep.
Tom Tancredo announced Monday he would seek the Republican presidential
nomination. "The political elite in Washington have chosen to ignore this
phenomenon," he said. Tancredo, a congressman who has gained prominence in
recent years for his staunch stance against illegal immigration, said
immigration would be the primary focus of his campaign. He said he would not
enter the race if he thought one of the leading candidates was sufficiently
conservative on the issue. It's, "the field, the field," he said when
asked why he was entering the race. "You look and you see no one is going
to make this the primary issue of their campaign."
RELATED: GOP Rep. Tancredo announces White House run
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-02-tancredo-campaign_N.htm
RELATED: Taking his
place at the table
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_5460712,00.html
RELATED: Candidate
Tancredo welcomed times 2
http://www.denverpost.com/newsheadlines/ci_5579665
RELATED: Tancredo
chases White House
http://www.denverpost.com/newsheadlines/ci_5575971
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