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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/01/25/10233835-man-spends-2-years-in-solitary-after-dwi-arrest?lite A man in New Mexico has been awarded $22 million after being tossed in solitary confinement for 2 years following a DWI arrest. KOB-TV's Marissa Torres reports.

Man spends 2 years in solitary after DWI arrest

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the unexpected extent of the damage Americans have done to themselves and their institutions is coming into better focus. The event that “changed everything” did turn out to change Washington in ways more startling than most people realize. On terrorism and national security, to take an obvious (if seldom commented upon) example, the confidence of the U.S. government seems to have been severely, perhaps irreparably, shaken when it comes to that basic and essential American institution: the courts.

How Washington lost faith in America's courts - Terrorism

http://www.salon.com/2011/08/22/washington_courts_911/
In a televised address to the nation on July 25, 2011, to discuss the pending deadline on the debt ceiling, President Barack Obama made his pitch for a "balanced" approach to reducing the deficit -- one that includes spending cuts as well as revenue increases from tax increases for wealthier Americans. With the debt ceiling issue caught in a political deadlock over how to reduce the deficit, Obama noted that raising the debt ceiling has been a relatively routine exercise for decades.

Obama says Reagan raised debt ceiling 18 times; George W. Bush seven times

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/26/barack-obama/obama-says-reagan-raised-debt-ceiling-18-times-geo/
http://www.politicususa.com/supreme-court-dow-michigan.html The Supreme Court Allows Dow Chemical To Get Away With Polluting Michigan By: Rmuse Jul. 26th, 2011 more from Rmuse

The Supreme Court Allows Dow Chemical To Get Away With Polluting Michigan

In February, a federal district court in South Carolina dismissed our lawsuit on behalf of American citizen Jose Padilla against Donald Rumsfeld and other current and former officials, saying the former Secretary of Defense was entitled to "qualified immunity" for his role in the arbitrary detention and torture of Padilla. http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/if-law-does-not-protect-jose-padilla-it-protects-no-one

"If the Law Does Not Protect Jose Padilla . . . It Protects No One"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/08/chicago-district-attorney-recording-bad-cops_n_872921.html When Chicago police answered a domestic disturbance call at the home of Tiawanda Moore and her boyfriend in July 2010, the officers separated the couple to question them individually. Moore was interviewed privately in her bedroom.

Chicago State's Attorney Lets Bad Cops Slide, Prosecutes Citizens Who Record Them

The SWAT team that gunned down a former Marine in his Tucson, Ariz., home was cleared today of any wrongdoing in the incident. http://abcnews.go.com/US/arizona-swat-team-cleared-marines-killing/story?id=13842029

Arizona SWAT Team Cleared in Former Marine's Killing

Kentucky vs King: Supreme Court Curtails 4th Amendment

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/kentucky-vs-king-supreme-court-curtails-4th-amendment-2788364.html Fourth Amendment Compromised by Supreme Court in Kentucky vs. King Ruling
http://www.c-drew.com/blog/2011/03/14/1494/ Police Brutality during the Civil Rights Movement by Carlos Cortez (an Art Patch Project design)

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The two-tiered justice system: an illustration - Glenn Greenwald

Of all the topics on which I’ve focused, I’ve likely written most about America’s two-tiered justice system — the way in which political and financial elites now enjoy virtually full-scale legal immunity for even the most egregious lawbreaking, while ordinary Americans, especially the poor and racial and ethnic minorities, are subjected to exactly the opposite treatment: the world’s largest prison state and most merciless justice system. That full-scale destruction of the rule of law is also the topic of my forthcoming book . But The New York Times this morning has a long article so perfectly illustrating what I mean by “two-tiered justice system” — and the way in which it obliterates the core covenant of the American Founding: equality before the law — that it’s impossible for me not to highlight it.

Colorado DA drops felony hit-and-run charges against billion-dollar financier because of "serious job implications"

Colorado District Attorney Mark Hurlbert has dropped felony charges against Martin Joel Erzinger, a Morgan Stanley Smith Barney wealth manager who controls $1 billion in investments, because financial rules would require Erzinger to notify his clients that he was charged with a felony, and this would have "serious job implications" for the financier. Erzinger is facing charges for allegedly rear-ending cyclist Dr. Steven Milo, and then leaving the scene of the crime.

Jeremy Marks "Attempted Lynching" Case

Update: Be sure to read the reaction to the Jeremy Marks case [ click here ] and his mother's effort to free him for Christmas. Jeremy Marks, Verdugo Hills student LAUSD's school police headquarters Related Content More About