Guest Blogger: Hamdan and the Youngstown Framework  —  By Aziz Huq, Associate Counsel of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law  —  It is not too early to mark the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld as a landmark.  Nor is it too early to wonder what shadow this monument will cast.

Justices revise part of Texas redistricting  —  Court also rules state legislators may draw new maps as often as they like … WASHINGTON - A fractured Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states are free to redraw congressional districts whenever they want, largely blessing Tom DeLay's …

Report: Mubarak demands Hamas be expelled from Syria  —  Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak demanded from his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad to deport the Syrian-based Hamas leadership unless it agrees to release kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit, Palestinian sources said on Friday.

A Governing Philosophy Rebuffed  —  Ruling Emphasizes Constitutional Boundaries  —  For five years, President Bush waged war as he saw fit.  If intelligence officers needed to eavesdrop on overseas telephone calls without warrants, he authorized it.  If the military wanted to hold terrorism suspects without trial, he let it.

Bin Laden hails slain al-Zarqawi as 'lion'  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden defended attacks by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi against civilians in Iraq, purportedly saying in a taped Web message Friday that the slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader was acting under orders to kill anyone who backs American forces.

OH-18: Crumbling  —  About 20 minutes ago the liberal House Clerk reported on the liberal House floor that the liberal President Bush's Justice Department has subpoenaed Bob Ney's district director.  —  And now the liberal media is hurling false liberal attacks by reporting these liberal facts.

House Assails Media Report on Tracking of Finances  —  WASHINGTON, June 29 — The House of Representatives on Thursday condemned the recent disclosure of a classified program to track financial transactions and called on the media to cooperate in keeping such efforts secret.

THE HIDDEN POWER  —  On December 18th, Colin Powell, the former Secretary of State, joined other prominent Washington figures at FedEx Field, the Redskins' stadium, in a skybox belonging to the team's owner.  During the game, between the Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys …

Fit and Unfit to Print  —  What are the obligations of the press in wartime? … So wrote the great legal scholar, Alexander Bickel, about the duties of the press in his 1975 collection of essays "The Morality of Consent."  We like to re-read Bickel to get our Constitutional bearings …

Won't You Please Come To [Chicago] New Haven....  The dogs and I have arrived safely in Connecticut, neatly timed to coincide with the release of Ned Lamont's new ad, Lieberman's vow to run as an independent in the general election and John Murtha's refusal to support Holy Joe unless he stops banging the war drums.

Comeback talk creates Lott buzz  —  The prospect of former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) returning to leadership next year is creating more and more buzz on and off Capitol Hill, Republican insiders say.  —  The higher volume of talk has been fueled partly by his former aides …

Hateful chatter behind the veil  —  Key suspects' wives held radical views, Web postings reveal  —  MISSISSAUGA — When it came time to write up the premarital agreement between Zakaria Amara and Nada Farooq, Ms. Farooq briefly considered adding a clause that would allow her to ask for a divorce.

The Seventh Inning Telco Stretch  —  Ok, so I spent awhile on the phone last night with super duper secret Senate sources and super duper secret lobbyists.  The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Investors Business Daily, and USA Today confirm what my sources are telling me …