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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
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
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
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15-Year-Old Girl Faces Life in Prison for a Miscarriage? Why Conservatives Are Criminalizing Pregnant Women | Gender
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.
"If the Law Does Not Protect Jose Padilla . . . It Protects No One"
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.
Arizona SWAT Team Cleared in Former Marine's Killing
Kentucky vs King: Supreme Court Curtails 4th Amendment
Fourth Amendment Compromised by Supreme Court in Kentucky vs. King Ruling
Police Brutality during the Civil Rights Movement by Carlos Cortez (an Art Patch Project design)