I. Foreword – Hegemony and the Quashal of Political Dissent under the Guise of “Law Enforcement” and the “War on Terror” Anyone who does not believe that the right of political and social dissent is under serious threat in the United States in year 2008 is living in a state of cultural and political disassociation. […]
The Michael Scally Case: How Political Subversion of the Law Reaches the Professions through the Anti-Steroid Crusade
Introduction – My Interest in the Political Use and Abuse of Legislation Criminalizing Use of Anabolic Steroids In his political blockbuster on the possible direction of a second-term Bush Presidency,[1] Charles Tiefer made some stunningly accurate predictions. Those predictions addressed the propensity of the current Administration for making political use of the law to achieve […]
Philip Sweitzer’s Reaction to Congressional Hearings on Steroids in Baseball
An Open Letter to the Members of the House Committee on Government Reform, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, on the Recent Hearings and Legislation relating to the use of Anabolic Steroids in Sports Dear Senators Stevens, McCain, Burns, Lott, Hutchison, Snowe, Smith, Ensign, Allen, Sununu, DeMint, Vitter, Inouye, Rockefeller, Kerry, Dorgan, […]