[Boston.com]
Tom DeLay helps Saudi company avoid responsibility for damages caused by MTBE, a potentially cancer-causing gasoline additive that has seeped into water supplies.

[Yahoo! News]
Another good 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court. These will soon cease to exist, so enjoy them while you can.

[senate.gov]
Remarks by Senator Obama at the opening of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

[News.com]
Congress to actually hold hearings on renewing the various portions of the Patriot Act, rather than just rubberstamping it without reading it again.

[Newsobserver.com]
Baptist minister tells members of his congregation that if they're Democrats, they either need to find another place of worship or support President Bush. Already, the Reverend Chan Chandler has ex-communicated nine members of East Waynesville Baptist Church. Another 40 members have left in protest.

FOLLOW-UP: Justice is done!

[News.com]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to prohibit the manufacture of computer and video hardware that doesn't have copy protection technology known as the "broadcast flag." The broadcast flag regulations exceed the agency's delegated authority under the statute, a three-judge panel unanimously concluded. The FCC has no authority to regulate consumer electronic devices that can be used for receipt of wire or radio communication when those devices are not engaged in the process of radio or wire transmission.

[The National Security Archive]
Bring out your dead...