- Making News: Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Assisted Suicide Law
In a 6-to-3 vote, with Chief Justice John Roberts dissenting, the US Supreme Court today upheld Oregon's Death with Dignity Law. Stephen Henderson, who reports on the court for Knight-Ridder newspapers, says the decision prohibiting the use of the Controlled Substances Act to impede assisted suicide is, in essence, a slap at executive assertions of power. - Reporter's Notebook: Domestic Spying Increasingly Criticized
Yesterday, in a speech sponsored by liberal and conservative groups, Al Gore said that President Bush "has been breaking the law, repeatedly and insistently." The former Vice President called for a special counsel to investigate domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency without a judicial warrant. Meantime, two civil rights groups have filed suit against the practice, and FBI agents say it may be a waste of time. That's according to today's New York Times in an article co-authored by Eric Lichtblau.
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National Nanotechnology Coordinating Office
PEN report on Government oversight of nanotechnology
Al Gore's remarks on restoring rule of law
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) files suit to stop domestic spying
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) files suit over NSA domestic spying