Disloyal Opposition

• Arpaio's goons have an interesting take on attorney-client privilege

  Arizona Defense Attorney Joanne Cuccia was in court at the podium arguing on behalf of her client during a sentencing hearing when that client, Antonio Lozano, noticed two detention officers pilfering a document from Cuccia's fies behind her back. The incident, captured on video, interrupted the hearing, enraged defense attorneys' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:29pm EST
  

• Court reduces itself to rubber-stamp approval for torture

  Fretting that allowing a lawsuit to proceed could interfere with national security concerns and damage U.S. relations with other countries, a majority of judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Maher Arar, a Syrian-Canadian, cannot sue the United States after American agents [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:25pm EST