As interviewed by The Talking Dog: Darrel Vandeveld is an attorney and former military officer, who, in civilian life is a prosecuting attorney in Erie, PA. In the military, he attained the rank of Lt. Col. in the Army Reserve, serving, among other places, in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa, as...

There seems to be somewhat of a pattern here: A neocon who has had problems dealing with a non-white non-conservative running the country was slain by his wife (he was also a serial spouse abuser - funny how that seems to go with the neocon mindset so often…) before he could try and get his di...

24 is a tv show, like many others where the cops bend the rules to get an edge on the criminals, purportedly because the bad guys are so devious and intelligent that they cannot be apprehended within the strictures of the laws. Yet in real life, the vast majority of criminals have demonstrated a pro...

“Israel’s right to defend itself” Where to get footage of Gaza” requests from film makers, activists, etc- free commons license, Al_jazeera’s Gaza Footage Gaza – The Blood-Soaked U.S.-Israeli “Ceasefireâ€� Israel promises troops legal backing over Gaza war JERUSALEM, Ja...

The Supreme Court granted certiorari review in the case of Ali al-Marri, after Padilla, the second most important case of our lives. Why? Mr. al-Marri, you will recall from our interview with his attorney Jonathan Hafetz, was a legal resident studying at Bradley University in Peoria, IL, when, just ...

For those who refuse to grok what Publius put so well at Obsidian Wings, without Habeas Corpus, you could dress anyone up in a false nose and throw them on the fire, even if you’re lying about being turned into a newt. . . It’s bad enough that we’ve got a bunch of Texas Torquemadas...

John McCain said Friday that the Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo Bay detainees is “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.” –FOXNews.com An unidentified nonspokeswoman added “It’s just as bad as Brown vs. Board of Education and almost as terrible as Ro...

As a lifelong opponent of the death penalty, I’ll state at the outset that I’m opposed to the execution of even the most nefarious of criminals. Which will likely put me in the minority of Americans, as most will likely support the plan to execute those who planned and helped facilitate ...

A war hero, wrongly detained as a prisoner without rights for years, died in custody. This is our flag, our standard for the world. It has been torn, burned and pissed on by the president. It was a clear case of mistaken identity by our judicial system, which clearly thought the guy from Crawford, T...