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Center for Individual Freedom Lunchtime Liberty Update
Liberals Play the Terrorism Blame Game 
In the
aftermath of last week's London bombings, most Britons and Americans turned
their thoughts to the victims and their families. Many liberals, however,
immediately turned their thoughts to the blame game.Within hours of the first reports from London, Leftist commentators and bloggers were attacking President Bush and Prime Minister Blair, blaming them for the bombings. Read more now. Supreme Court: The Supremacy of Five 
Each summer
America learns about the supremacy of five.Two years ago, five told us that equality under the Constitution means "not every decision influenced by race is equally objectionable" even though a "'core purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to do away with all governmentally imposed discrimination based on race.'" A year ago, five informed us that they couldn't (and wouldn't) decide -- at least not then -- whether the phrase "one Nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance raised any First Amendment concerns because considering such "a weighty question of federal constitutional law" was "improper" when "hard questions of domestic relations" were "entwined inextricably." Read more now. Supreme Court Confirmation Watch: Fairness Isn't Part of the Obstructionist Playbook 
As President
Bush deliberates on whom to nominate to fill the first Supreme Court vacancy in
more than a decade, it's worth contemplating the other side of the confirmation
equation: the U.S. Senate.For four years, liberals in the Senate tested strategies and tactics that they could employ to obstruct Senate confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee. And typically, their methods involve abusing the Senate's traditional confirmation process. Nominees to federal appeals courts like Henry Saad, Miguel Estrada and Charles Pickering have been victims of their obstruction. So have nominees to executive branch posts like John Bolton. So with the Senate set to consider a nominee to the Supreme Court, it's worth considering what the Senate confirmation process should look like, and it is likely to be abused. Read more now. TAKE ACTION! Send a personalized letter to President Bush and all 55 Republican Senators reminding them that you expect them to move expeditiously to confirm any truly conservative nominee to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Confirmation Watch: The President Consults with Liberal Senators (a Double Super Secret Transcript)* 
"Mr.
President, we want you to fire Karl Rove.""No." "But he leaked that CIA hottie's name." "No." "But you promised." "No. Confirm John Bolton." "Will you fire Karl Rove if we confirm John Bolton?" "No." "Well, uh, we want you to nominate a liberal to the Supreme Court." "No." Read more now. Your Turn -- Meeting Nonsense With Commonsense: Michael Reagan Talks About Sexual Abuse, Divorce and Other Cultural Ailments Threatening America Today 
Michael
Reagan joined CFIF Senior Vice President & Corporate Counsel Renee Giachino on
"Your Turn -- Meeting Nonsense with Common Sense" to talk about issues that
confront our culture today. The interview, which aired on WEBY 1330 AM Northwest
Florida's Talk Radio, included a discussion of his recently released book
Twice Adopted.What follows are excerpts from the interview... Read more now. CFIF History & Civics Quiz: Question of the Week 
Which President appointed the most Justices to the U.S. Supreme Court? (a) George Washington (b) Abraham Lincoln (c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d) Ronald Reagan Get the correct answer now. Jester's Courtroom: Tales Stranger Than Fiction Featuring bizarre and sometimes humorous real life stories from the courtroom. Busting Open Justice 
A
Pennsylvania woman has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming that rough
treatment during her arrest for suspected prostitution led to the rupture of her
breast implants.The plaintiff, Susan Mator, was taken into custody on March 7. She asserts that the police officer, Sergeant Joseph Nixon, used excessive force in her arrest, improperly throwing her into his police car and damaging her artificial bosom in the process. Mator is seeking unspecified damages in excess of $75,000 for her alleged injuries and bust rupture. The lawsuit names both Nixon and the City of Arnold, Pennsylvania, where Nixon is a police officer, as defendants. Mator has had other run-ins with the law and has an arrest record for drugs. But one of her lawyers, Harry J. Smail Jr., commends Mator for her courage in bringing the police brutality lawsuit: "She's very fearful, and frankly, it's taken all her nerve to get to this point." Sergeant Nixon could not be reached for comment on the lawsuit, and the city's solicitor said he had received the complaint but had yet to read it. Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Read more now. Since many of these gems do not attain national attention, the Jester welcomes you to share with us your favorite wacky stories from a courtroom near you! Please be sure to provide the source. You may e-mail us at info@cfif.org. Notable Quotes: Quote of the Week 
New
York Times Reporter Judith Miller, Refusing to Reveal the Identities of Her
Confidential Sources, Even At Risk of Imprisonment:"I know that the freest and fairest societies are those with a free press ... publishing information that the government does not want to reveal." Get more Notable Quotes. Do you have a notable quote you'd like to share with the Center, e-mail it to info@cfif.org. Be sure to provide us the source of the quote.
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