Eight reasons why the Tea Party appears ignorant of the American constitution: 1. Congress enjoys a Constitutional authority to provide social services. 2. SCOTUS has upheld broad federal powers under the Constitution. 3. Far from…
Attorney-General of Ontario, Chris Bentley, spoke at the Canadian Club of Toronto on 50 years of human rights development, and the need to protect our current system. Full text below: AGHR Speech May24
The concept of Federal Securities Regulation in Canada is perennial. It keeps on coming back, most recently via a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada. Pundits will talk, industry insiders will cross their fingers…
Jim Creskey at The Embassy: Kenney—with some help from Prime Minister Harper and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews—used the arrival of two boatloads of Tamil asylum seekers in an attempt to prod public opinion toward…
Where is Gadhafi’s money? See Slate on whether the U.S. can now spend this money any way they want.
Uncle Sam has $30M to bypass Chinese, Iranian ‘Net filters By Nate Anderson Need to get around a Chinese government firewall? Burning to smuggle your samizdat writings past Iranian Internet censorship? Hoping to blog with…
Azar Nafisi is the author of the New York Times 117-week bestseller, Reading Lolita in Tehran. In this video she discusses the widespread violations of Baha’is’ human rights in Iran as well as her personal…
Are you a progressive law student in Canada? Join the Justice League! Justice League-Canada is a nationwide listserv for progressive law students, articling students, and new calls. Its purpose is to create a national grassroots…
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