• This week's host: Kay Shepherd


• Top story: Snoopgate! Jeff Huber talks about the Constitutional issues and what may be a primary Bush Administration defense -- a hair-splitting definition of "United States person"


• What don't you know about Samuel Alito? EPMedia collaborates with the Booman Tribune on a discussion of what to expect from a Supreme Court featuring Alito in "The 12 Days of Justice"


• More about those "Commander-in-Chief" powers -- Cedwyn writes in on what the Bush Administration wants to do with the Posse Comitatus Act


• For many Americans, the coverage gap is the current health crisis -- Xicano Power discusses how a pandemic might affect the 39 percent of U.S. Hispanic populations with no insurance


• Did the War on Christmas go far enough? TXJ and other EPMedia members talk about the season of giving as good as you get


• Visit the community!


• ...And dig Aaron Barlow's recitation of his Scott McClellan-inspired poem -- "Jessica, Go Ahead"

Featured links:

• The Ides of December: Smoke, Mirrors, and War Powers


• Snoopgate: Here Come the Landmines


• The 12 Days of Justice:




• Day One - Balance of Power in Government


• Day Two - Age Discrimination/FMLA


• Day Three - Judicial Ethics


• Day Four - Needs of the Disabled


• Day Five - Roe v. Wade


• Day Six - Separation of Church and State


• Day Seven - Freedom of Religion


• Day Eight - Old Boys Club


• Day Nine - Equality Under the Law


• Day Ten - Gender Discrimination


• Day Eleven - Corporate Interests


• Day Twelve - Presidential Powers




• Posse C in da House? Part I


• Posse C in da House? Part II


• Health Insurance and the Pandemic: Hispanics Continue to Lag in Health Coverage


• Why I Hate Friggin' Christmas


• "Jessica, Go Ahead" (a poem by Aaron Barlow, from the works of Scott McClellan -- the original text)