Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Montana Disclose Act/ CIA Prisons


“The Court has held separate Chamber hearings in the cases of Al Nashiri v. Romania and Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania.
Both cases concern the alleged “rendition” of the applicants, suspected of terrorist acts, to CIA secret detention sites, where, according to their submissions, illegal interrogation methods amounting to torture were used.”

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Supreme Court Abortion Ruling/ No Guns For Domestic Abusers


Other Supreme Court Rulings:

“In an effort to “close [a] dangerous loophole” in the gun control laws, United States v. Castleman, 572 U. S. ___, ___, Congress extended the federal prohibition on firearms possession by convicted felons to persons convicted of a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence,” 18 U. S. C. §922(g)(9). Section 921(a)(33)(A) defines that phrase to include a misdemeanor under federal, state, or tribal law, committed against a domestic relation that necessarily involves the “use . . . of physical force.”