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30 November 2006

Supreme Court school desegregation cases briefing [ACS]

Press briefing on school desegregation cases in the US Supreme Court, American Constitution Society, November 29, 2006 [discussing pending school desegregation cases Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jeffer

29 November 2006

UN Human Rights Commissioner update [UN HRC]

Update on recent activities by Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, November 29, 2006 [reporting on her recent visit to Israel's Occupied Territories, the rights of Palestinians, and the situations i

29 November 2006

UN SG statement on Darfur [UN HRC]

Statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan read by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, UN Human Rights Council, November 29, 2006 [urging the UN Human Rights Council to focus on the situation in Darfur]. RealPlayer, 6 minutes. Watch r

29 November 2006

Iraq and the UN Security Council [UN]

Iraq and the Security Council: Lessons from the Past, Suggestions for the Future, former President of the International Peace Academy David Malone, November 29, 2006 [discussing the history of engagement between the Security Council and Iraq and suggest

29 November 2006

Global warming in the Supreme Court [GULC]

Global Warming in the Supreme Court: Massachusetts v. EPA, Georgetown University Law Center, November 29, 2006 [reviewing and analyzing oral arguments in the case]. QuickTime Player. Access recorded video here, 1 hr 39 mins. Oral arguments reported in J

27 November 2006

Massachusetts v. EPA briefing [AEI]

Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, November 21, 2006 [discussing upcoming oral arguments in the case and its role in the broader political and legal debates over global-warming reg

25 November 2006

Taxes and Democracy? Why let Government decide?

I have had it with paying Taxes and not getting anything for it back from the Government. Isn’t it time that we stand up for our rights and demand something back? Isn’t it time that we can tell the Goverment that we don’t want to pay taxes and just hand it over and let them do whatever they want to with our money? Isn’t is time for “Taxocracy”?

Governments all over the world take your money because they want to do this and want to do that. They promise the world when they want to be elected and tell everybody that they will lower taxes. Why do they promist that? I think that they know for a fact that people are tired of paying taxes just to get nothing back from the Goverment. The only ones that are not paying a lot of taxes are the rich people and they get whatever they want from the Government anyway. Lower taxes, tax relief, power. Whatever they want, they get!

I think it is time for a tax Revolution! Don’t you?

I would be willing to “give away”, let’s say, 30 percent of my taxes to the Government. Money they can have and “play with”. That’s it, 30% not a dime more! If they want more money then they need to get after the billion dollar industry leaders and tell them that they need more money.

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22 November 2006

Transatlantic Approaches to International Law [Duke Law School]

Transatlantic Approaches to International Law and Institutions, John Bellinger, US Department of State Legal Advisor, Duke Law School, November 15, 2006. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 2 mins. Watch recorded video.

22 November 2006

Attacks on Our Courts: Justice O’Connor’s Warning [ACS]

Attacks on Our Courts: Justice O'Connor's Warning, American Constitution Society, November 15, 2006. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 24 mins. Watch recorded video. Additional event details here.

21 November 2006

Hariri tribunal approval [UN SC]

Announcement by the Permanent Representative of France, Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere, of UN Security Council approval of a proposal to establish an international tribunal for Lebanon to try suspects accused in the February 2005 assassination of f
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