Comments on: Bush League Justice http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:53:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: astilbe http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1257500 astilbe Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:45:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1257500 <p>Arbitration….in my small town, you can’t get in to see a doctor without signing a binding arbitration agreement. Maybe they’ve canceled their malpratice insurance. But 50 miles down the road, no piece of paper with microscopic printing. The doctah culcha…I’ve got mine, and YOU are out on a limb without a parachute.</p> Arbitration….in my small town, you can’t get in to see a doctor without signing a binding arbitration agreement. Maybe they’ve canceled their malpratice insurance. But 50 miles down the road, no piece of paper with microscopic printing. The doctah culcha…I’ve got mine, and YOU are out on a limb without a parachute.

]]> By: VJBinCT http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1257111 VJBinCT Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:52:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1257111 <p>Well, if the judge ruled that the case should go to trial rather than arbitration, it would make the Baby Halliburton cry.</p> Well, if the judge ruled that the case should go to trial rather than arbitration, it would make the Baby Halliburton cry.

]]> By: Gnome http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256808 Gnome Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:49:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256808 <p>“Representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty. Without them we have no other fortification against being ridden like horses, fleeced like sheep, worked like cattle, and fed and clothed like swine and hounds.”</p> <p>—John Adams, 1774</p> “Representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty. Without them we have no other fortification against being ridden like horses, fleeced like sheep, worked like cattle, and fed and clothed like swine and hounds.”

—John Adams, 1774

]]> By: ThingsComeUndone http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256791 ThingsComeUndone Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:31:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256791 <p>I agree but in reality only if we get a new Supreme Court.</p> I agree but in reality only if we get a new Supreme Court.

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256783 SanderO Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:22:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256783 <p>Arbitrations clauses are unconstitutional.</p> Arbitrations clauses are unconstitutional.

]]> By: ThingsComeUndone http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256779 ThingsComeUndone Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:20:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256779 <p>Yeah Bush is going Down!</p> Yeah Bush is going Down!

]]> By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256769 wigwam Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:05:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256769 <blockquote><p>Torture is simply cruelty on steroids and cruel and unusual punishment is also forbidden by the constitution. And that applies AFTER a trial and guilty verdict. </p></blockquote> <p>I want to emphasize that under Common Article 3, whether it’s torture or not:<br /> <strong>CRUEL TREATMENT OF DETAINEES IS A WAR CRIME.</strong></p> <p>And, war crimes are federal crimes per the War Crimes Act of 1996.</p>

Torture is simply cruelty on steroids and cruel and unusual punishment is also forbidden by the constitution. And that applies AFTER a trial and guilty verdict.

I want to emphasize that under Common Article 3, whether it’s torture or not:
CRUEL TREATMENT OF DETAINEES IS A WAR CRIME.

And, war crimes are federal crimes per the War Crimes Act of 1996.

]]> By: Waccamaw http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256762 Waccamaw Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:02:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256762 <p>Per Mika, he “has the day off.” And may he have many more!</p> Per Mika, he “has the day off.” And may he have many more!

]]> By: ThingsComeUndone http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256761 ThingsComeUndone Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:01:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256761 <p>Me and Waccamaw were wondering the same thing.</p> Me and Waccamaw were wondering the same thing.

]]> By: BlueStateRedHead http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256760 BlueStateRedHead Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:00:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/07/bush-league-justice/#comment-1256760 <p>Catching up on a yesterday discussion. Someone was asking about getting mammograms and being encouraged to do so, as paying for it was a problem. This is a site that helps donate mammograms. Merely clicking on it helps supports those donations, no purchase necessary.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.thebreastcancersite.....s?siteId=2</a><br /> They may also know where the mammograms they pay offer can be had. Can someone remind me of the thread and the poster? Maybe Christy? Even better, the commenter?</p> Catching up on a yesterday discussion. Someone was asking about getting mammograms and being encouraged to do so, as paying for it was a problem. This is a site that helps donate mammograms. Merely clicking on it helps supports those donations, no purchase necessary.

http://www.thebreastcancersite…..s?siteId=2
They may also know where the mammograms they pay offer can be had. Can someone remind me of the thread and the poster? Maybe Christy? Even better, the commenter?

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