"In a government of law, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." Justice Louis Brandeis
4 New Items including:
- Urge Eric Schneiderman: Jail bankers who broke the law
- My Debate With John Yoo, Who Misunderstands the Constitution
- Does Clarence Thomas Care About Prosecutors Behaving Badly?
- British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe
David Culver, ed., Evergreene Digest
Marshall Ramsey
British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe, Jill Lawless, Associated Press / Huffington Post
- The investigation into whether reporters illegally paid police for information is running parallel to a police inquiry into phone hacking by Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World.
- Murdoch's media company agrees to pay damages to Jude Law, 35 other phone hacking victims
Urge Eric Schneiderman: Jail bankers who broke the law, Bold Progressives
"Wall Street bankers should be fully investigated for their role in wrecking our economy. And Wall Street bankers who broke the law must go to jail."
Does Clarence Thomas Care About Prosecutors Behaving Badly? Adam Serwer, Mother Jones
- The more prosecutors feel like they can get away with railroading defendants, the more they're likely to do it, and the more likely an innocent person is to be punished. The possibility isn't an abstract one.
- The prosecutors' behavior in the Smith case was so egregious that even Thomas' conservative colleagues were unwilling to join him this time around in upholding the original verdict.
- Clarence Thomas is not above the law
My Debate With John Yoo, Who Misunderstands the Constitution, Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic
The Bush-administration lawyer and advocate of virtually unlimited executive power in war dismisses as "simpleminded" concerns he once shared.
This article is made possible with the generous contributions of readers like you. Thank you!
Colorado takes pride in its Western entrepreneurial spirit — and that extends to the belief of some lawmakers that business owners should be able to use deadly force against anyone who tries to take what's theirs.
If you like reading this article, consider contributing a cuppa jove to Evergreene Digest--using the donation button in the above right-hand corner—so we can bring you more just like it.