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DC Atty General: ?I?m not worried about the constitutionality" of Mayor's state of emergency.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

  Bill of Rights (From public domain.) Giddiness seemed to run wide over Adrian Fenty's ascension to the District of Columbia mayoral throne two years ago at age thirty-five. He apparently made good at knocking on more voters' doors than his competition, had the energy to get his daily work done and still run for miles weekly, and learned valuable work ethic lessons from his parents who took a risk at opening an ultimately thriving running store. Of course, civil liberties violations often are caused by well-meaning people. That truism arrived like a sledgehammer this week, when mayor Fenty gave police chief Cathy Lanier carte blanche to authorize ten-day "Neighborhood Safety Zones" where, according to mayor Fenty's June 4, 2008, news release, "public safety checks will be established along the main thoroughfares of the established neighborhoods...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).