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...Does the Plame Lawsuit Have a Chance? Analysis: Many legal experts think it won't survive motions to dismiss based on claims of presidential immunity, but it may not be that simple
...mother's own experiences as a bookish, sensitive child growing up in small towns in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas only reinforced this inherited skepticism. Her memories of the Christians who populated her youth were not fond ones. Occasionally, for my benefit, she would recall the sanctimonious preachers who would dismiss three-quarters of the world's people as ignorant heathens doomed to spend the afterlife in eternal damnation - and who in the same breath would insist that the earth and the heavens had been created in seven days, all geologic and astrophysical evidence to the contrary. She remembered the respectable...
...influence of ideological extremists--that is, people precisely unlike him. "It has not always been the pragmatist, the voice of reason, or the force of compromise, that has created the conditions for liberty," he writes about the antislavery movement of the 19th century. "Knowing this, I can't summarily dismiss those possessed of similar certainty today--the antiabortion activist ... the animal rights activist who raids a laboratory--no matter how deeply I disagree with their views. I am robbed even of the certainty of uncertainty--for sometimes absolute truths may well be absolute...
...Such restraint may crumble if Abbas moves, as he is expected to do in the coming weeks, to dismiss the Hamas government - a move that would be seen by most Palestinians as doing Washington's bidding, and might tip the balance inside the Hamas leadership strongly in favor of the more extreme faction. That would likely involve a retreat from Democratic politics and a reemphasis on terrorism, in which the movement may not confine its targets to Israelis. In this scenario, Hamas would likely seek support from Iran and international jihadists, whose anti-American agendas might increasingly shape Hamas...
Mamhoud Abbas is said to be considering whether to call for early elections, use his presidential powers to dismiss the cabinet and set up an emergency government, or put a referendum before the Palestinian people about what to do. In reality, he has only one viable option. Palestinians have already expressed their outrage at the government through mass protests, and organizing new elections will take time. The longer Hamas retains control of the parliament, the longer aid will be frozen and the more volatile the situation will become...