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Meanwhile, the official celebrations were taking place last Tuesday as the executive branch rejoiced over its success in its long-running battle for control over the treatment of terrorists by the use of military commissions. June of this year had brought a bitter defeat for the administration in the Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which rejected the legitimacy of military tribunals and their suspension of constitutional rights. But the new Military Commissions Act now hands the president even more power than he held before this summer’s hiccup, and paves the way for more extreme behaviors...
Making amends is the central room of "Prism." Here Warlpiri artist Dorothy Napangardi's black-and-white paintings of salt plains, glittering like dark crystals, peacefully cohabit with Iranian-born Hossein Valamanesh's Fallen Branch, 2005. With the latter, the Adelaide-based sculptor has fashioned a circular, ceaselessly interconnecting series of bronze twigs that could well stand as a symbol for this subtly shape-shifting show. By redefining the perspective of Australian art, "Prism" shows that its indigenous and non-indigenous branches spring from the same growing tree...
...study also examined confidence in the leadership of specific sectors, including the military, the state, congress, businesses, and the executive branch...
However, the confidence in the leadership of five other sectors—Congress, the executive branch, education, religion, and business—has fallen since last year...
...study revealed that Republicans lost confidence in the executive branch of the federal government. Democrats and Independents, however...