Archives for December 16, 2011

Billy Corriher  President Obama will sign into law a defense authorization bill that purports to expand his authority to indefinitely detain persons suspected of terrorism.  The President initially threatened to veto the bill over objections to provisions that required military custody of detainees.  The Obama administration argued it needed the flexibility to take both a … [Read more...] about Congress and Obama compromise on executive power, ignore civil liberties

Peter Dunne It has been an extraordinary ten days for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Rights – both in the United States and abroad. As I previously posted, last week Hillary Clinton made a landmark speech on sexual orientation and gender identity rights at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva. Her address was accompanied by the release of a US Presidential … [Read more...] about Putting The US LGBT Domestic Agenda in Perspective: The First UN Report on LGBT Rights