Blocking the Vote

RollingStone Magazine releases an in-depth report on the rejection of over 2.7 million new voter registrations since 2003. 

Non-partisan veteran organization gives MccCain a “D” on veterans’ issues

The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America graded all U.S. senators on their voting records on veterans’ issues. Senator McCain received a D. Senators Obama and Biden received B’s. 

Delay of due process in Bush White House

The White House managed to win a delay in the congressional hearings regarding the firings of several U.S. attorneys.

Under Punishment

So what is a subpoena?

According to legal website www.wisegeek.com:

Subpoena translates to “under punishment” in Latin. It is an order from a court for a person to appear at a trial under punishment for failure to appear. If the person given a subpoena does not appear, some courts have the discretion to find the person in contempt of court and either order the person’s arrest or issue fines accordingly.

Todd Palin, the husband of Sarah Palin, the current Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential nominee for the Republican Party, announced though his attorney this week that he would not answer the subpoena to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the investigation of the firing of a state employee earlier this year. Governor Palin has also refused to cooperate with the investigation, after previously telling the legislature to “hold me accountable.”

Read about the investigation and allegations of professional misconduct here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080919/ap_on_el_pr/palin_troopergate

Parallels Between Palin, Bush? Bloomberg News reporter Ann Woolner thinks so:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aYSXZNB7PoJg

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