Glenn Greenwald on Power Grabs, Fighting Executive Privilege

In a Constitution Day conference call, blogger and author Glenn Greenwald covered presidential power-grabs and the foundations of Constitutional liberty. The focus was on restoring habeas rights and overcoming claims of executive privilege. But the call also touched on Congressional inertia, the role of the Supreme Court and Bush’s latest nominee for attorney general.

Missed the call? Hear it now (59 min.)

Fighting Fear with Dr. Drew

Psychologist and author Drew Westen put the focus on the Bush administration’s use of fear politics in a recent conference call.

One message Westen thinks Congress really needs to hear: “If the Constitution isn’t worth sticking your neck out for, then you really shouldn’t be in politics.”

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Gitmo at 6: Help End the Guantanamo Bay Shame

January 11 was the 6th Anniversary of the first arrival of detainees in Guantanamo Bay. On that day, people around the world protested America’s policy of abuse, torture and indefinite imprisonment by wearing the color orange as a measure of solidarity with the orange jump-suited “non-compliant” Gitmo detainees.