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Tuesday, August 1, 2006

“Selective enforcement”: The Chicago Tribune today contains an editorial that begins, “When Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) proposed a bill banning the ‘cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment’ of detainees in U.S. custody abroad, President Bush opposed it and Vice President Dick Cheney lobbied unsuccessfully to exempt the CIA.”

Posted at 7:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. judge throws out Minnesota video game law; Statute violates free speech, unsupported by research”: The St. Paul Pioneer Press today contains an article that begins, “A federal judge on Monday shot down a Minnesota law that would fine youngsters who get their hands on the smuttiest, bloodiest and most violent video games.”

And The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports today that “Judge voids new law on video games; The state failed to prove that violent games hurt children, the federal judge’s ruling said.”

My earlier coverage appears at this link.

Posted at 6:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Playing With Fire: The Administration’s Draft Bill on Detainees Would Violate the Geneva Conventions and Thereby Put Americans at Risk.” Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at FindLaw.

Posted at 6:45 AM by Howard Bashman