Tag: rule of law
member name: Chris Dodd
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November 04, 2007 05:44 PM EST --
Senator Dodd has based his opposition to Michael Mukasey's nomination for Attorney General around Mukasey's fundamentally flawed philosophy of executive power. Mukasey believes, like many other . . .
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October 04, 2007 05:40 PM EDT --
Senator Dodd released the following statement on the reports of the Bush Administration's memos on torture:
"The law is crystal clear - torture is illegal. It is 'abhorrent' that the . . .
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October 26, 2007 12:59 AM EDT --
Melissa McEwan, writing at The Guardian's Comment is free , calls Chris Dodd "the netroots' new hero." Speaking of Dodd's live chat at FireDogLake on FISA and his leadership . . .
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November 06, 2007 02:19 AM EST --
During today's White House Press Briefing, spokesperson Dana Perino was asked about the Bush administration stance on suspending constitutional rights in order to fight terrorism. Think Progress . . .
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October 04, 2007 05:40 PM EDT --
Today's New York Times reveals disturbing news: the Bush administration, under the advice of the of Office of Legal Counsel and in direct contravention of settled law, has been secretly operating under . . .
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October 15, 2007 04:32 PM EDT --
Thomas Hattan's letter to the editors at the Concord Monitor on Chris Dodd's leadership to restore the Constitution got me thinking about the extent to which the rule of law is a fundamental issue . . .
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October 15, 2007 04:32 PM EDT --
Earlier today I wrote about Campaigning for the Constitution. In discussing the importance of the Constitution and rule of law in the 2008 election, I observed that the campaign narrative excludes these . . .
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October 22, 2007 04:54 PM EDT --
Ari Melber of The Nation delves into the recent debate on FISA and retroactive immunity for telecom companies. Importantly, Melber notes that Dodd's actions on this issue are in line with what Democrats . . .
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October 26, 2007 05:00 PM EDT --
In Tuesday's FISA live chat at Fire Dog Lake , Senator Dodd talked about how caring about the Constitution is in his DNA:
I feel so strongly about this. It's part of my DNA, in a sense. . . .
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November 05, 2007 05:48 PM EST --
Hartford Courant columnist Colin McEnroe's piece from yesterday contextualizes the dramatic shift from the time when America that didn't torture, that was beyond reproach for behavior that struck . . .
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November 19, 2007 06:33 PM EST --
I have a long diary up on Daily Kos today talking about Senator Dodd's outspoken criticism of the false choice between upholding our constitutional rights and being more secure here at home. The . . .
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November 19, 2007 06:33 PM EST --
Jamison Foser of Media Matters posted a detailed commentary about the content of the presidential debates - or, more specifically, the prominent absence of questions in the debates on issues of rule . . .
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December 24, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
It's a relatively light day for posting, so I thought I'd make a few recommendations for posts to check out today.
John Seery's Huffington Post column from over the weekend includes a . . .
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October 03, 2007 11:37 AM EDT --
I wanted to pass along part of an article in today's New Haven Register about a talk Senator Dodd gave around his book, Letters from Nuremberg.
Dodd now uses the lessons of Nuremberg as political . . .
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October 16, 2007 12:32 AM EDT --
SCOTUSblog reports on the Supreme Court's December case load:
The Supreme Court will hear the two consolidated cases testing the legal rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at . . .
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October 16, 2007 04:33 PM EDT --
Today Senator Dodd released the following statement calling on Democratic Leadership to ensure that telecommunications companies that have violated the law and consumer privacy are not given immunity. . . .
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October 20, 2007 04:51 PM EDT --
Following Senator Dodd's action to block legislation from moving forward that would grant retroactive immunity for telecom companies from being included in the FISA update, there are a couple great . . .
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October 29, 2007 04:10 PM EDT --
Earlier today Senator Dodd participated in a conference call with reporters and bloggers to talk about his opposition to Michael Mukasey's nomination for Attorney General.
Mark Pazniokas of the . . .
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November 06, 2007 06:21 PM EST --
Today at 5:30pm Eastern we'll be live streaming a discussion of an event on the Rule of Law in U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy with Chris Dodd and Lt. Commander Charles Swift. The event . . .
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November 07, 2007 02:21 AM EST --
Remarks of Senator Christopher J. Dodd
Fighting Terrorism, Defending the Rule of Law
Iowa City Foreign Relations Council
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Thank you, Lt. Cmdr. Charles . . .
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