Word: harshness
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...Supreme Court is a salient example of his utter disregard for experience and competency in exchange for political maneuvering. As Obama shifts the focus back to ability, he will have no choice but to turn to those who are familiar with Washington politics; this inevitability is no cause for harsh criticism. Just as Obama will not appoint incompetent or unknown people to his team, he also will not appoint insiders solely due to their status or popularity. Analogous to the thoroughness of his campaign, the vetting process to join Obama’s team is meticulous. Top candidates?...
...Bennett complained angrily that after authorizing Starr's office to investigate the Lewinsky case, Holder's department had done nothing to defend the prosecutors, including longtime assistant U.S. Attorneys on loan to Starr's office, from harsh personal and professional attacks by Clinton's lawyers...
...territorial waters of a fourth country. The British Foreign Office has concluded that holding pirates indefinitely can infringe on their human rights and give them a case for asylum. But, at the same time, the British also can’t return them to Somalia, where they would face harsh punishment under Shariah law, which would violate the British Human Rights Act. This situation presents an obvious need for an international court for the express purpose of trying pirates and other individuals outside of typical national jurisdictions...
...granted fewer rights than their straight counterparts—technically, a gay man does have the right to enter into a marriage with a woman. The push for same-sex marriage is a rally for additional rights. While this characterization of the movement strikes most gay rights activists as harsh, it is a useful distinction to be made when devising ways to advance the cause effectively. Yet gay rights advocates have not taken the appropriate cues from their defeats earlier this month, as reflected in their continued ignorance of their opponents’ thoughts and motives. They seem unable...
...still in office, at least three internal government probes examining legal decisions by the White House are unfolding. Since December 2007, federal prosecutors, FBI agents and the internal watchdog office at the CIA have been investigating whether any laws were broken in 2005, when the CIA destroyed videotapes showing harsh interrogations of detainees. Separately, the Justice Department's internal Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating whether the department's legal approval of waterboarding and other so-called enhanced interrogation methods was appropriate. The same office is conducting a similar investigation into legal decisions made by Bush Administration officials authorizing domestic...