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Journalism can reinvent itself without government 'help' The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking ways to "reinvent" journalism, and that's a cause for concern. According to a May 28 draft proposal, the agency thinks government should be at the center of a media overhaul. The bureaucracy sees it as a problem that the Internet has introduced a wealth of information options to consumers, forcing media companies to adapt and experiment to meet changing market needs. FTC's policy staff fears this new reality. "There are reasons for concern that experimentation may not produce a robust and sustainable business model for commercial...

Lawyers May Challenge NSA Wiretapping Wednesday, December 28, 2005 WASHINGTON — Defense lawyers in Florida, New York, Ohio and Virginia are considering filing legal challenges on behalf of suspected or convicted terrorists in response to the National Security Agency's wiretapping program. After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Bush administration authorized NSA to eavesdrop without court approval on people inside the United States with suspected ties to Al Qaeda or who may have been planning a terror attack. Lawyers question the program, saying the government may have withheld information uncovered during wiretaps to get more convictions, according to a...

This is the first interpretation of the 14th Amendment on record. The following text is from the majority opinion (about 3/4 of the way down the page): http://www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/historic/query=[group+f_slavery!3A]/doc/{@6621}/hit_headings/words=4 Slaughterhouse Cases, 83 U.S. 36 (1872) (USSC+) Opinions MILLER, J., Opinion of the Court All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. The first observation we have to make on this clause is that it puts at rest both the questions which we stated to have been the subject of differences of...