Today’s top story – The Supreme Court has ruled that a lawsuit against two former Bush Administration for torture cannot go forward. The suit was filed by a former detainee against former FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft. The detainee spent nearly six months in solitary confinement in New York in 2002. The detainee rounded up in the weeks after 9/11 when the FBI and law enforcement were generally looking for people who might have conceivably had any terror connections, and as a result of that, a lot of Muslim men were put in holding cells in New York and the Justice Department has since said that many of them were mistreated. In his case, he argued that while Ashcroft and Mueller did not single him out for mistreatment, they were responsible for a policy of confining detainees in highly restrictive conditions because of their religious beliefs or race. The court said that there is a hole in the argument, as there is no evidence of a solid chain of command that authorized the mistreatment in these cases. But the one thing this case does accomplish is that it sets a very dangerous precedent for future torture cases. You can expect to see this case cited by every administration official who gets hauled before a court on torture charges.

This week’s Ring of Fire, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio:

Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern

Author and Middle East expert Reza Aslan will be here to tell us why the US can’t win the war on terror – not because we don’t have the manpower or the firepower – but because we still don’t understand that we can’t win a war against an ideal.

We’ve also got Steve Koepp, editor of Fortune magazine, who’ll tell us about the history of financial scandals in the United States, and why these scandals have helped to create better rules to regulate our financial markets.

Today’s top story – A veteran of the Iraq War, along with the mothers of two other soldiers, have taken their fight against the war to court. The lawsuit filed last May claims that, despite being authorized by Congress in fall 2002 to deploy armed forces against Iraq as he deemed necessary, President George W. Bush overstepped his constitutional authority by invading the country six months later without formally declaring war. Yesterday, the case was presented before a federal judge, where the defense was attempting to get the case thrown out, on the grounds that the court didn’t have jurisdiction over the matter. However, the plaintiffs have found an unlikely ally in Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia isn’t actually on their side, but a ruling he made last year is coming back into play. Plaintiffs pointed to Scalia’s strict interpretation of the Constitution in a decision last year that affirmed the right of homeowners to own guns for self-defense, and said that it's all about the original intent of the founders. When this country was founded, it was made clear that only Congress could declare war. In the case of Iraq, Congress authorized force, but never declared war. The plaintiffs said that they aren’t seeking to change current policy, but that they do hope to set a precedent for the future.

This week’s Ring of Fire, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio:

Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern

Today on Ring of Fire, in honor of Earth Day coming up next week, we’ll be taking a look back at some of the biggest environmental issues we’ve covered in recent months, including a discussion on some of the biggest environmental issues facing President Obama, and what needs to be done to help curtail global warming.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Thomas Friedman will be here to talk about how the future of the planet is dependent on bipartisan support of a switch to greener technologies, and how America must work with other countries to prevent irreversible damage to our planet.

This week’s Ring of Fire, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern 

Senator Barbara Boxer will be joining us to talk about how the Senate Environment and Public Works committee is working to combat global warming, as well as what kind of environmental policies we can expect from the Obama Administration.

We’ve also got investigative journalist John Nichols joining us today, to give us the inside scoop on why newspapers across the country are folding, and why this could spell the end of real, honest investigative journalism in our country. 

We’ll also be talking with comedian Matthew Filipowicz, who’ll give us the humorous side to some of the most absurd news stories that made headlines this week.

This week’s Ring of Fire, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio:

Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern

Today on Ring of Fire, we’ll be talking with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Thomas Friedman about how the future of the planet is dependent on bipartisan support of a switch to greener technologies, and how America must work with other countries to prevent irreversible damage to our planet.

We’ve also got Congressman Rush Holt who’ll tell us all about the latest revelations from Diebold, where a recent investigation showed that their voting machines are equipped with “DELETE” buttons, that could nullify thousands of votes.