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The Good Ship Jurisdiction: Sunk to a Foggy Bottom

Posted on April 29, 2010, 8:00 am, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

How is the Pope like a Peruvian steamship? The State Department stopped both of them from getting sued. You’re right; it’s not funny at all.

Tags: abuse cases, Arkansas, Article III Courts, Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Bill Clinton, child abuse, civil jurisdiction, Clinton v. Jones, conspiracy, Department of State, Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Eastern District of Louisiana, extradition, Foggy Bottom, foreign head of state, France, Galban Lobo Co., head of state immunity, In re Republic of Peru, John Marshall, Joseph Ratzinger, Judge Lee Rosenthal, Justice John Marshall, Lee Rosenthal, mandamus, Manuel Noriega, Marbury v. Madison, Panama, Paula Jones, Peru, Pope; Benedict XVI, President Bill Clinton, President Clinton, presidential immunity, Roman Catholic Church, separation of powers, sovereign immunity, suggestion, tortious conspiracy, U-boats, Ucayali, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, waiver of immunity
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: What They Were Thinking

Posted on February 21, 2010, 9:13 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

What were they thinking when they passed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?” Here’s what. And it was just as wrong then as it is now.

Tags: "Don't Ask, 1993, Admiral Thomas Moorer, Armed Forces, Charles Moskos, Dan Coats, Don't Tell", gays, Lawrence v. Texas, lesbians, Military, President Bill Clinton, President Clinton, Rear Admiral Robert Spiro, Robert Spiro, Senator Dan Coats, Senator Trent Lott, Thomas Moorer, Trent Lott
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War Powers, War Lies: Part 5: Outgunned

Posted on June 3, 2005, 6:15 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

Without the aid of the courts, Congress is no match for the Executive. Presidents decide, period. Congress, outgunned by the Executive and deserted by the Judiciary, goes along. The Framers would have been dismayed.

Tags: Andre Miksha, Bas v. Tingy, Bill Clinton, Cambodia, Cambodia bombing, Cambodian evacuation, Campbell v. Clinton, Chief Executive, Clement Zablocki, Commander in Chief, Da Nang, Da Nang Sealift, declarations of war, El Salvador, First Gulf War, Gerald Ford, Grenada, Haiti, Iran hostage operation, Jacob Javitz, Jimmy Carter, John Yoo, Joseph Stalin, judicial standing, justiciability, Korean War, Kosovo, Law of Nations, Lebanon, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Marine deployment in Lebanon, Mayaguez, Mayaguez incident, Operation Uphold Democracy, President Bill Clinton, President Gerald Ford, President Jimmy Carter, President Lyndon Johnson, President Richard Nixon, President Ronald Reagan, presidential lies, Representative Clement Zablocki, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Saigon evacuation, Second Gulf War, Senatory Jacob Javitz, Somalia, standing, Tonkin Gulf Resolution, U.S. Marines, War on Terror, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, Yugoslavia
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Posts Tagged ‘President Bill Clinton’

The Good Ship Jurisdiction: Sunk to a Foggy Bottom

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: What They Were Thinking

War Powers, War Lies: Part 5: Outgunned

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