Musings of a modern guy

The Guantanamo Bay prisoners and their detention is probably one of the most legally debated issues in the United States. Ever since the US action in Afghanistan in 2001, and the detention of terrorists and others from there, there has been a raging debate over their treatment. On the one hand there is the need [...]

Thailand has been going through some severe problems till now, a classic case of democracy under test. It has been argued by many people at different periods of time that democracy should not be fully open, that a rule of the people is colored by the problem that the mass is swayed by emotions or [...]

The Second Amendment of the US Constitution is probably one of the most contentious issues in the US polity. The Amendment covers the right of American citizens to bear arms, and reads thus, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear [...]

Immediately after the WTC attack, there was wide-spread support for the actions of the United States administration; this involved supporting the actions of the United States in getting rid of the Taliban in Afghanistan and of taking prisoners from the Al-Qaeda and Taleban attackers over there and interrogating them. However, in a matter of time, [...]

In a decision that shocked the Texas State Government, an appellate court decision on the 22dn of May 2008 threw out the Government action in taking away children from their mothers in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints case, whereby the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services had raided the [...]

This is a decision that the Bush Administration has been loath to take. With its denial of Global warming having come down slightly (but not significantly enough to take some serious steps), the administration was actually ordered by a US District Judge to take a decision on the status of the polar bear by May [...]