Rule Limiting Legal Services in Terror Cases Is Challenged - NYTimes.com

In July the Treasury Department designated Anwar al-Awlaki as a terrorist, putting the fugitive on the government's hit list.

“The same government that is seeking to kill Anwar Al-Awlaki has prohibited attorneys from contesting the legality of the government’s decision to use lethal force against him,” says the complaint, which was jointly filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights.  The CCR summary and related documents are HERE.  The Times news account is Rule Limiting Legal Services in Terror Cases Is Challenged - NYTimes.com

Ted Kennedy on the assassination of Martin Luther King

1968 while the fires burned and troops were in the street Kennedy spoke of the Rev. Martin Luther King and the dangers to the country.

"What has become of our land? How many good men must we give before we finally face the fact that the weakness of our society is the weakness in ourselves. We have lets events master us rather than we them. We have let the haters take the lead and we are paying the price for that today. Hundreds of years of oppression must be accomodated not by the least we can do but by the most we can do."

The introductory remarks end at about the 5 minute mark.