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Suit filed to block Mich. constitutional rewrite
Three lawmakers and a judge are among the plaintiffs suing to keep a sweeping constitutional amendment from going on Michigan's November ballot. The lawsuit filed Thursday says wholesale changes to the state constitution aren't allowed in a single...Tags: Elections, Referenda, Court Administration, Trials, Government
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Congress looking at police spying
Sun reportersFederal lawmakers are scrutinizing the Homeland Security Department's role in efforts by Maryland State Police to spy on peace activists and death penalty protesters, raising concerns that the operations were supported with federal dollars. Rep. Bennie...Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Political Candidates, Executive Branch, Interior Policy, Punishment
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Final ruling on Florida Marlins stadium expected by Sept. 15
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe trial targeting the financing for a Florida Marlins ballpark wrapped up Wednesday, but the judge said she needs more time to rule on whether the project serves a "paramount public purpose," casting the stadium construction timeline into further doubt....Tags: Referenda, Major League Baseball, Court Administration, Manny Diaz, Trials
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Laguna Beach council opposes ban on gay marriage
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLaguna Beach, long a gay-friendly community, followed Los Angeles' lead as one of the first cities to reject a ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: An earlier version of this story described Laguna...Tags: Marriage, Referenda, Elections, Regional Authority, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Clout Street: Politics Explained
Chicago Tribune political writerIn an election year dominated by the rallying cry of change, an unlikely coalition of some of the state's most powerful special interests will spend $3 million urging voters to stick with the status quo. The Alliance to Protect the Illinois...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan, Referenda, Elections, Political Candidates
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Spying on protesters curbs basic rights
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution clearly prohibits any laws abridging "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." What laws, then, were our state law enforcement officers...Tags: Terrorism, Executive Branch, Interior Policy, Towson, Punishment
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LAPD Chief Bratton backs gay marriage with checkbook
CAUSE CÉLÈBRELAPD Police Chief William J. Bratton has come out -- in favor of gay marriage. As a wedding gift to friend and celebrity publicist Howard Bragman and his longtime partner, Chuck O'Donnell, Bratton made it official: He and his wife, former Court TV diva...Tags: Diseases, Ricki Lake, Barry Bonds, Illnesses, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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Obama's great-uncle recalls liberating Nazi camp
Associated Press WriterCharles T. Payne had his first close brush with history at the end of World War II, when his infantry division liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp. Now 83, Payne is experiencing a second brush as the great-uncle of...Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, Famines, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities
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Could be too young, could be not
Steven G. Calabresi's July 22 article, "Too young for the No. 1 Job?" is a brilliant piece of satire. I read the article with an ever spreading grin on my face thinking that the Onion newspaper and Stephan Colbert have nothing on Mr. Calabresi's finely...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Government, Barack Obama, Antonin Scalia, National Government
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Support impeachment of George 'the tyrant'
At 10 a.m. on July 25, Rep. John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, will begin what could be one of the most critical hearings in the history of our country. Impeachment of President George W. Bush is back on the table! I have heard...Tags: Allentown, George Bush, House, Government, National Government
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