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Deep in the reeds on genes
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney had it wrong. Corporations aren't people -- corporations own people. The Supreme Court on Monday took up the unusual question of whether corporations control our genetic material -- specifically, whether a Utah-based company...Tags: Salt, Plant Openings, Biology, Mitt Romney, Clarence Thomas
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John Roberts and Obamacare
When Chief Justice John Roberts is being excoriated by conservatives for upholding the Obamacare individual mandate -- just as when he is pilloried by liberals for concluding corporations have a right to engage in campaign spending -- the underlying...Tags: Judges, Ronald Reagan, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Justice System
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The surprising Obamacare verdict
From the sound of conservatives, Thursday was a day that will live in infamy. The U.S. Supreme Courtdecision upholding Obamacare unleashed a storm of outrage from critics who made it sound like a combination of Pearl Harbor, the Great Depression and the...
Tags: Bernard Sanders, Judges, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health Insurance, Justice System
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Momentous decisions
Pity the Supremes. Not Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson but Alito, Breyer, Roberts, Thomas, Sotomayor, Ginsburg, Kagan, Kennedy and Scalia. After two days of testimony last week on two separate issues of gay rights -- or as we should think of...Tags: The Supremes (music group), Judges, Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Defense of Marriage Act
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Justice Kennedy's one-man show
WASHINGTON -- Imagine how gratifying it must feel to be Anthony Kennedy. As the justice who most often serves as the swing vote on the Supreme Court, he is the target of endless sycophancy, solicitude and general kissing up -- and his courtiers were...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Judges, Defense of Marriage Act
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Same-sex marriage can't be stopped by courts
WASHINGTON -- To see the future of gay marriage, you didn't have to set foot in the Supreme Court chamber Tuesday morning as the justices took up the first of two landmark cases on the issue. You needed only to stand in the plaza in front of the court...
Tags: Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama, Defense of Marriage Act, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage
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In a rut on Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON -- Progressives are remarkably uninterested in progress. Social Security is 78 years old and myriad social improvements have added 17 years to life expectancy since 1935, yet progressives insist the program remain frozen, like a fly in amber....
Tags: Government Health Care, Medicare, Barack Obama, Racism, Voting Rights Act of 1965
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No Longer Need For Voting Rights Protection
The Hartford CourantProgressives are remarkably uninterested in progress. Social Security is 78 years old and myriad social improvements have added 17 years to life expectancy since 1935, yet progressives insist the program remain frozen, like a fly in amber. Medicare is...Tags: Barack Obama, Medicare, Al Gore, Minority Groups, Elections
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Voter suppression alive and well in the South (and elsewhere)
Mary SanchezThe U.S. views itself as a nation progressing ever toward the ideals of justice and liberty. In many ways it's true. The egregious violations of civil rights that kept so many from voting are sins of another era. Long gone are poll taxes and forcing...Tags: Antonin Scalia, Judges, Discrimination, Civil Rights, Elections
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Americans risk losing our most sacred right
It suddenly hit me this week: I don't live in the real world. I live in Washington, D.C. In the real world, nobody would argue about renewing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It's a no-brainer. Violence against women, all women, is wrong. Only...
Tags: Antonin Scalia, White House, Judges, Discrimination, Minority Groups
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A Justice league of their own
WASHINGTON -- For a quarter-century, Antonin Scalia has been the reigning bully of the Supreme Court, but finally a couple of justices are willing to face him down. As it happens, the two manning up to take on Nino the Terrible are women: the court's...Tags: Judges, Laws, Discrimination, Civil Rights, Elections
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A ruling on racial progress
Jonah GoldbergI can only hope that the scourge of racism is finally purged from Stewartstown and Pinkham's Grant. These are two of 10 New Hampshire towns covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which requires local officials to get permission, or...Tags: Barack Obama, Judges, Civil Rights, New York City, Elections
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