![]() ![]() ![]() The Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that Guantánamo Bay detainees do have the right to habeas corpus. By branding them “unlawful enemy combatants” and by imprisoning them in Guantánamo Bay, his administration argued that they are not protected by the Constitution or by the Geneva Conventions, and can be imprisoned indefinitely without evidence or charges. On the contrary, this should serve as a case study illustrating the state of our two-party system.īush suspended terrorism suspects’ right to habeas corpus. The argument here is not that Obama is a uniquely conservative Democratic politician - or a unique politician in any respect. With all this in mind, I am posting my final updates to this text, which shall serve as a summary – albeit still an incomplete one – of Obama’s first term. Secondly, freed from the pressures of reelection, the White House has become free to move even further to the right, and away from the president’s liberal base. ![]() Firstly, the reality of the president’s true policies has finally penetrated mainstream discussion, spurred on by the Guantánamo hunger strikes, revelations about en mass domestic surveillance, prosecution of journalists and whistleblowers, as well as by the growing consciousness about the drone assassinations. Two significant shifts have happened during the first months of Obama’s second term. This article was first posted halfway through Barack Obama’s first term as president, with a lead paragraph stating that “little has changed from the Bush era when it comes to issues such as the War on Terror, civil liberties, militarism, corporate influence on government, secrecy, and environmental policy.” This statement is no longer valid: it has become challenging to keep up with all the ways in which the president has not only embraced, but expanded and institutionalized, George W. With additional updates by Timothy Page and Tuomas Kaila 3.3 The health care bill, insurance companies, and big pharmaįirst posted.3.2 The bank bailout, the foreclosure crisis, and financial reform.CORPORATIONS, SPECIAL INTERESTS, AND ECONOMIC POLICY 2.5 Popularity in Arab and Muslim countries.THE WARS, MILITARISM, THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLD ![]()
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