Displaying posts tagged: law
2010-01-12 16:31:40
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From this NY Times article:
“It’s as if culture froze just before it became digitally open, and all we can do now is mine the past like salvagers picking over a garbage dump,” Mr. Lanier writes. Or, to use another of his grim metaphors: “Creative people — the new peasants — come to resemble animals converging ...
2010-01-12 09:08:12
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In a brilliant interview with John Yoo, Jon Stewart tackles the subject of what constitutes torture. Throughout the interview, Jon seems to struggle with Yoo's statements regarding torture, that is, that before now, the U.S.A. had never been faced with the question of what constitutes torture, and what is still just interrogation techniques. John Yoo was ...
2010-01-11 21:32:14
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According to the CRS report for Congress made in 2000 page 7(PDF link):
Citizens born in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are legally defined as “natural born” citizens, and are, therefore, also eligible to be elected President, provided they meet qualifications of age and 14 years residence within the United States. Residence in Puerto Rico and ...
