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Who will win Iowa, the most conservative or the most electable?
Now that the seven Republican presidential hopefuls have had their last televised debate before the Jan. 3 Iowa precinct caucuses, they have barely two weeks of on-the-ground campaigning to answer the two key questions facing the voters.
The big one...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Samuel A. Alito, Elections, Ron Paul
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Maryland must allow guns in public places
Maryland has long held claim to the notion that the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, or the right to "keep and bear arms," did not apply to the states. In doing so, they have and continue to deny it's citizenry that right to be fully...Tags: Censorship, Civil Rights, Interior Policy, American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom of Religion
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Vaccine safety: Misinformation about vaccine risks is making us less safe
Last month, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported the first case of measles in the state since 2009.
This development demonstrates that even Maryland, which has one of the highest vaccination rates in the U.S., is not immune to...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Diseases and Illnesses, Mumps, Maryland
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The regressive right reawakens a progressive America
A fundamental war has been waged in this nation since its founding, between progressive forces pushing us forward and regressive forces pulling us backward.
We are going to battle once again.
Progressives believe in openness, equal opportunity and...Tags: Federal Reserve, Corporate Crime, U.S. House of Representatives, Michele Bachmann, Government Health Care
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Abortion stance becomes subject of speculation
Sun StaffThe abortion argument certainly charges the atmosphere surrounding the Supreme Court nomination of John G. Roberts Jr., but his stance on the question is hardly clear. Papers he signed as a member of a government legal team say one thing; his words more...Tags: Activism, Judges, Justice System, Constitutional Issues, University of Notre Dame
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Ties to Bush may be liability for Gonzales
Sun National StaffFor a decade, the soaring legal career of Alberto R. Gonzales has been entwined with the political rise of George W. Bush. But as Gonzales is discussed as a possible candidate for the Supreme Court, his lengthy resume and longtime ties to the president...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Executive Branch, Dallas, Labor Legislation
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Bush's second chance
Sun reporterWASHINGTON // President Bush, facing high political stakes and growing pressure from all sides over replacing Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, is considering a number of women and minority judges to fill her seat, say activists and political strategists....Tags: Activism, Judges, Civil Rights, Justice System, Local Government
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Miers chosen for court
Sun reporterWashington // President Bush named his trusted White House counsel Harriet E. Miers, a Texas native with no experience as a judge, to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, sparking an outcry among conservative activists who had hoped...Tags: Judges, Philosophy, Justice System, Executive Branch, Dallas
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Rehnquist dies at age 80
Sun National StaffChief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who joined the bench a generation ago as its often lone voice of conservative dissent and then steadily steered its turn to the right, died yesterday evening at his home in suburban Virginia. He was 80 and had been...Tags: Stanford University, U.S. Elections, Elections, Personal Weapon Control, Employees
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Possible candidates
Sun StaffSAMUEL ALITO Age: 55 School: Yale Law School Background:: Deputy assistant attorney general under President Ronald Reagan, U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. Currently: Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit (appointed 1990)....Tags: Yale University, Thurgood Marshall, Trials, Elections, Legal Services
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Ad attacks Roberts' role in 1991 case involving abortion clinic protesters
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON - John G. Roberts Jr.'s 1991 arguments in a case involving the right of protesters to block access to abortion clinics emerged yesterday as a central point of contention between opponents and supporters of his nomination to the Supreme Court....Tags: Women's Health, Demonstration, Trials, White House, Abortion
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