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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: Executive Branch, Bennie G Thompson, Punishment, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Law Enforcement
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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: Orange Bowl, Court Administration, Major League Baseball, Trials, Referenda
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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: Family, Minority Groups, Antonio Villaraigosa, Beach Vacations, Laguna Beach
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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: Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Values, Unions, Laws
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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: Executive Branch, Punishment, Interior Policy, Law Enforcement, Demonstration
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Mukasey wants Congress to act on detainee issue
Associated PressCongress, not judges, should decide how to give Guantanamo Bay detainees their day in court, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey said yesterday in calling for new laws governing how foreign terror suspects seek their release. It is doubtful, however,...Tags: Parliament, Court Administration, Terrorism, Political Candidates, Lawyers
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Muddled thinking
Sunday's "New Voices" piece ("Essential Freedom: The Bill of Rights") was a pleasant read. I just wish Jon Ball would express his aspirations differently. His thinking comes across as confused and muddled. The Bill of Rights does not grant us any... -
Middletown Developer Buys Broadcast House In Downtown Hartford
Courant Staff WriterThe owner of a Middletown-based company has bought the WFSB-Channel 3 Broadcast House at the heart of Hartford's Constitution Plaza and says he plans to demolish the now-vacant structure and erect a 100,000-square-foot "tech building." "I have...Tags: Technology, Islam, Meredith Corporation, Eddie A. Perez, Middletown
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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: Minority Groups, Mental Illness, Vanessa L Williams, Ricki Lake, Norwalk (Los Angeles, California)
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Too young for the No. 1 job?
Barack Obama is too young to be president. Yes I know he is 46 and the Constitution sets the presidential age qualification at 35 or higher, but Obama has said that we ought not to interpret the Constitution woodenly and formalistically. Perhaps we should...Tags: Tony Rezko, John F. Kennedy, Court Administration, Local Authority, Northwestern University
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