Dahlia Lithwick rocks. Flat out rocks. If she weren’t already married and had babies and all of that, I would probably be in love with her. But it would be be one of those pathetic, one-sided, at-a-distance, unrequited loves, and we know how those turn out.
She has a top ten list at the end of this year. The theme? The Bush Administration’s ten worst legal arguments of the year.
10. The NSA’s eavesdropping was limited in scope.
9. Scooter Libby’s sentence was commuted because it was excessive.
8. The vice president’s office is not a part of the executive branch.
7. The Guantanamo Bay detainees enjoy more legal rights than any prisoners of war in history.
6. Water-boarding may not be torture.
5. Everyone who has ever spoken to the president about anything is barred from congressional testimony by executive privilege.
4. Nine U.S. attorneys were fired by nobody, but for good reason.
3. Alberto Gonzales.
2. State secrets.
1. The United States does not torture.
Read the article for her explanations. Rock on.
What sad irony. Couldn’t even summon a rueful smile.
What we need is a social uprising like in the 60s. Why aren’t the college kids MARCHING?
Thanks Dan, for the most interesting …uh… blog. We are sympatico. ~Pam