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The war crimes trial of the alleged child soldier Omar Khadr at Guantánamo has new problems. I wrote last week about the Canadian Supreme Court’s astute

Legal scholars say that detentions at Gitmo are an example of President Bush making his power consolidation permanent.

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) In a recent interview with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune , Gov. Rick Scott says that one of his top priorities for the upcoming legislative session will be higher education reform. Though Scott has previously been vague in discussing how he wants to change the state’s college system, he is now offering up some ideas: cutting funding for liberal arts education and degrees that, according to him, don’t offer a good return on investment

...At least that’s what I see happening in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election. Yesterday, state Treasurer Tim Cahill, who’s running an independent

I mentioned this in my 11:37 post this morning, and I’m surprised it hasn’t gotten more attention, so here goes again. Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson

From The Associated Press: Scott Brown says he has already told Senate Republican leaders they won’t always be able to count on his vote. I already told

Two Democratic senators who are apparently unafraid of jailing Guantanamo detainees in civilian prisons in their states: Dianne Feinstein of California and Carl

GUANTANAMO BAY -- Seated near me in the courtroom today during Omar Khadr’s pre-trial hearing was a sight for sun-beaten eyes: Daphne Eviatar, the former TWI

Most Democrats and even many Republicans agree that Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) lucked out in a major way when he drew tea party candidate Sharron Angle as his GOP

Pollsters are revising their estimates up for the number of seats that Democrats will lose in the House, but in the Senate Dems look like they’re sitting

In its ongoing fundraising campaign targeting four Republican New York state senators who jumped party lines to vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage

Bush administration officials have been under fire for effectively forcing a merger last December between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch without informing

Following up on Daphne’s piece about the hold-up on Dawn Johnsen’s nomination to head the Office of Legal Counsel, this Roll Call story by Jessica Brady got

It must be opposite day. Republicans, many of whom have pledged to not even consider any plan that raises taxes, are clamoring to raise the payroll tax . Democrats, many of whom have said the country can’t be serious about cutting the deficit if taxes can’t be raised, are fighting tooth and nail to keep this year’s payroll tax reduction in place for at least one more year

So, how many people showed up at the 9/12 taxpayer march on Washington? One signal of the confusion over crowd counts came from the stage. Speakers alternately

BP expects to have the well completely sealed by this weekend. The company announced the end of the Vessels of Opportunity program, in which local boaters

In the midst of a heated Democratic Senate primary battle between appointed Sen. Michael Bennet and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, the New York

This New York Times piece about farmers in Marja voting with their feet is perhaps the clearest evidence yet that the holding phase of February’s massive

The national oil spill commission has made headlines last week for its reports that heavily criticized the Obama administration for its response to the Gulf oil