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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sees Bright Future For Roe v. Wade: ‘We Will Never Go Back’
Jul 12th
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the 77-year-old two-time cancer survivor and nearly 17 year veteran of the high court, made an appearance at the Aspen Ideas Festival last week and expressed optimism about the future of Roe v. Wade .
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Loading ...Ken Blackwell: Yes, We Kenya!
Jul 12th
President Obama made much of the Executive Order he signed last March. It was supposed to stop federal funding of abortion
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Dems: 2012 Calendar Should Start in February
Jul 10th
WASHINGTON — Democrats recommended a February start for the 2012 political calendar and the likely renomination of President Barack Obama, with Iowa and New Hampshire keeping their traditional early voting spots.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Democrats 2012 Election Calendar: Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire Lead The Way
Jul 10th
WASHINGTON — Democrats recommended a February start for the 2012 political calendar and the likely renomination of President Barack Obama, with Iowa and New Hampshire keeping their traditional early voting spots. Abandoning the typical January beginning, the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws panel on Friday proposed holding the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 6, 2012, and the New Hampshire primary eight days later, on Feb
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Nan Aron: The Corporate Courts: Fifth Circuit Judges Are Marinating in Oil
Jul 8th
Thanks in part to Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearing, a great deal of long-overdue attention has been focused on the strong corporate bias in the current Supreme Court. But the Corporate Court is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to special interest influence in the judicial branch. Industry ties and real or perceived conflicts extend down into all levels of the federal judiciary, including the district courts and the courts of appeals.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Richard Arthur: The Next National Security
Jul 8th
By Jack d’Annibale and Richard Arthur Last week, the USNS Mercy hospital ship completed its mission to Cambodia as part of the United States Navy’s Pacific Partnership. Among the 29,000 patients treated by Navy doctors and Cambodian medical staff was a small boy who underwent a successful surgery.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Kagan Fundraising At Harvard Could Create Unique Ethics Questions On Supreme Court
Jul 7th
WASHINGTON — One talent Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan displayed in her career climb could create unique ethics questions for her as a justice: the ability to persuade Harvard Law School alumni and other wealthy donors to give hundreds of millions of dollars, more than meeting a daunting fundraising goal that came with her job as dean. The total Kagan reached for the “Setting the Standard” campaign was a record, not just for her university but for all law schools. Harvard Law sought $400 million to add professors, buildings, programs and financial aid, and Kagan was in charge of pulling it off.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Announces Opposition To Elena Kagan
Jul 3rd
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan drew opposition Friday from Republican leader Mitch McConnell and two other GOP senators, raising the prospect of a confirmation largely along party lines. “The American people expect a justice who will impartially apply the law, not one who will be a rubberstamp for the Obama administration or any other administration,” McConnell said in a written statement one day after Kagan, 50, wrapped up three days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary 0Committee.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Charles D. Ellison: Open Letter to Kathleen Parker: You Went There
Jul 2nd
The title of your Washington Post column from Wednesday (“Obama: Our first female president,” 6.30.10) was a bit misleading at first glance. Before clicking into it, one could easily think: “Ok, Michelle as our first female president – interesting.” After all, that’s not such an unrealistic concept
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Elena Kagan Ducked, Dodged And Weaved Her Way Through Confirmation Hearings
Jul 1st
WASHINGTON — Elena Kagan declined to discuss her passions, demurred when asked anything that might tip her hand on the Supreme Court and invoked her right to remain inscrutable even on cases buried in the past. In short, Kagan did her best to ensure her high court nomination hearing was just the kind of benign event she criticized years ago for lacking “seriousness and substance.” Her dodges over two days of questioning prompted chuckles in the Senate Judiciary Committee as members, keenly aware of what she wrote in 1995, watched her rhetorical dances.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Irene Monroe: Are we not patriots, too?
Jul 1st
This weekend we celebrate July 4 with rounds of festivities marking our nation’s 234 years of independence. But this country’s need to showcase her indomitable spirit of heroism continues to come at the expense of basic freedoms and protections denied to us lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans. While it is true that the House of Representatives voted to repeal former President Bill Clinton’s 1993 “Don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT) policy that bars LGBTQ servicemembers from serving openly in the military last month, and on the same day last month the House passed to repeal DADT, as did the Senate Armed Services Committee, the plight of our LGBTQ servicemembers remained unchanged
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Elena Kagan Declines To Criticize Roberts Court On Third Day Of Hearings
Jun 30th
WASHINGTON — Elena Kagan declined an invitation to criticize the current Supreme Court on Wednesday, testifying at the third day of confirmation hearings, “I’m sure everyone up there is acting in good faith.” In a lengthy exchange with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Kagan said pointedly she didn’t agree with the Rhode Island Democrat’s analysis that justices appointed by Republican presidents were “driving the law in a new direction by the narrowest possible margins” in a series of 5-4 rulings
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Craig Crawford: Our War President
Jun 30th
Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton as an anti-war candidate.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement: MMS Gets A Name Change
Jun 29th
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Minerals Management Service – well, the name anyway – now sits on the scrap heap of discarded monikers alongside ValuJet, Blackwater and Enron Field. Not that a new name makes it any easier for the Obama administration to convince a skeptical Congress that the agency will be any better at policing offshore drilling. The new name, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement – or BOE for short – is designed to emphasize regulatory and enforcement responsibilities of the troubled agency, which is part of the Interior Department
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Romanoff For Senate
Jun 29th
Former President Bill Clinton announced in an email Tuesday his support for Colorado Democrat Andrew Romanoff in his bid to unseat incumbent Michael Bennet.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Thurgood Marshall Attack: New Wrinkle in GOP Hit Plan on Kagan
Jun 29th
GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell bluntly said it and ranking GOP member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Alabama GOP Senator Jeff Sessions hinted at it. The “it” is a filibuster against Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination. McConnell won’t lead a filibuster.
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