WebPolitical corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain.. Forms of corruption vary, but can include bribery, lobbying, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement.Corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, …

WebHabeas corpus (/ ˈ h eɪ b i ə s ˈ k ɔːr p ə s / (); from Medieval Latin, lit. 'that you have the body') is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful.

WebKevin Costner says it's 'OK' if people don't like him for his politics. Kevin Costner doesn't care if he loses fans over his politics. Costner, an Independent, voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and Joe Biden in 2020 — the latter came after his first pick, now-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, dropped out of the Democratic presidential race.

WebThe New Freedom was Woodrow Wilson's campaign platform in the 1912 presidential election, and also refers to the progressive programs enacted by Wilson during his first term as president from 1913 to 1916 while the Democrats controlled Congress. First expressed in his campaign speeches and promises, Wilson later wrote a 1913 book of the same name.

WebAlliance Defending Freedom (ADF, formerly Alliance Defense Fund) ... which produced the 1986 Meese Report. In its early years, Alliance Defense Fund funded legal cases rather than litigating directly. ... In its press release ADF singled out the American Civil Liberties Union as the chief target of the campaign. By 2004, the organization had ...

WebThe LTTE was founded on 5 May 1976 as the successor to the Tamil New Tigers. Uma Maheswaran became its leader, and Prabhakaran its military commander. A five-member committee was also appointed. It has been stated that Prabhakaran sought to "refashion the old TNT/new LTTE into an elite, ruthlessly efficient, and highly professional fighting force", …