On AlterNet: executive orders
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "executive orders"
Witness Against TortureJanuary 23, 2009.
Closing Guantanamo is not as hard as we're being told. The real challenge will be achieving justice and accountability.
Center for Constitutional RightsJanuary 22, 2009.
Under Bush, executive orders meant shredding the Constitution. It's uplifting to see them used to set things right.
Philippe Naughton, The Times of London UK. January 21, 2009.
Barack Obama wasted no time, asking prosecutors to halt the military trials within hours of his inauguration.
Caitlin Price, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 4, 2008.
The order denies collective bargaining rights to about 8,600 federal employees who work in agencies responsible for national security.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 18, 2008.
In a series of quiet but sweeping measures, the Bush Administration is codifying the government's capacity to spy on its citizens.
Jim Lobe, IPS News. June 27, 2008.
A muscular group of religious, military and former government officials has created an anti-torture declaration. The names may surprise you.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. May 30, 2008.
Obama promises his first act will be overturning the abuses of the Bush Administration.
