Word: legalism
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...about immigration compelling [April 27]. It is true we are living in difficult times and on occasion this might trigger a hunt for scapegoats to blame for the economic crisis. But in the end, the only thing that will get us out of this mess is to pull together - legal and illegal, American and non-American. This is a global problem, and massive deportation will only make things worse. Where do you think these deported immigrants will find jobs? Maybe with the drug gangs south of the border? Or perhaps with the pirates off the coast of Somalia...
...illegal worker in the U.S., I found your article on immigration compelling. It is true we are living in difficult times, but we must avoid seeking scapegoats during the economic crisis. In the end the only thing that will get us out of this mess is to pull together legal and illegal, foreign worker and local. Where do you think these deported immigrants will find jobs back home? In Mexico, perhaps with the drug cartels south of the border. Or why not with outfits like the pirates off the coast of Somalia? Let's not forget that a newly recruited...
...Washington Torture Charges Unlikely A draft report from a U.S. Justice Department ethics investigation says the Bush Administration lawyers whose secret memos laid the legal foundation for brutal interrogation tactics should not be prosecuted. However, the draft also recommends that state bar associations consider disciplinary action, including possible disbarment, for those involved in composing the memos. Attorney General Eric Holder has yet to approve its findings...
President Bush established the secretive commissions to try accused terrorists two months after the Sept. 11 attacks, though only three defendants have been prosecuted amid legal challenges and repeated setbacks in the U.S. Supreme Court. Obama explicitly criticized the commissions during the presidential campaign and suspended their use on his second day in office, the same day he ordered the Guantanamo Bay detention facility closed within the year. But privately White House officials worried about winning conventional convictions against some "high-value" defendants, including accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. (The standard for admitting evidence is more rigorous...
...Kirchblum, for one, is now hunting for volunteer legal jobs overseas amid final exams, graduation and taking the bar exam. His biggest concern is money because he will only receive $20,000 from Milbank for being deferred, and he owes more than $100,000 in student loans. "Why I chose to take a firm job or even to go to law school in the first place was it seemed like the stable, responsible path," he says. "Now everything has been thrown...