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O'Malley still thinks health care will be upheld
While this week's Supreme Court hearings left many Democrats apprehensive that the justices will overturn President Obama's landmark health care law, Gov. Martin O'Malley remains an optimist. The governor said that after reading over transcripts of the...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Republican Party, Regional Authority, Health Care Reform (2009), Lawyers
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Needed: A truly bipartisan approach to health care reform
President Obama was correct when he opined that every citizen should have health care coverage and pay for it through insurance premiums. But the very partisan law that was rammed through by the Democratic-controlled Congress without the support of the...Tags: Havre de Grace, Health Care Reform (2009), Government Health Care, Elections, Barack Obama
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What does Ruth Bader Ginsburg mean by 'conservative'?
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburglikes the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act and other ingredients of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka "Obamacare." Why, she asked toward the end of three days of hearings, shouldn't the court...
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In the presidential campaign, money talks
Think money doesn't talk? Try telling that to this year's GOP presidential hopefuls, whose fates are more than ever tied to a handful of wealthy donors who bankroll the super PACs that raise and spend unlimited amounts of cash on their behalf. Campaign...Tags: Ron Paul, Republican Party, Federal Election Commission, Mitt Romney, U.S. Supreme Court
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High tension at the table, media circus in the House
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - The line started to form at 6 a.m. outside the hearing room at the Rayburn Office Building, reaffirming the drawing power of Major League Baseball, even in one of its darkest hours. There were fans and Capitol Hill interns and visiting...Tags: Republican Party, Bernard Sanders, Baltimore Orioles, Rafael Palmeiro, Major League Baseball
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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: Abortion, University of Notre Dame, Colleges and Universities, Christianity, George Bush
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High court clears way for Oken execution
Sun StaffThe Supreme Court cleared the way last night for Steven Oken to be put to death by lethal injection, lifting a federal court order upheld hours earlier that would have indefinitely delayed the convicted killer's execution. Barring another legal...Tags: Regional Authority, John Paul Stevens, Natural Resources, Wetlands, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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A diversity disappointment
Sun ReporterWASHINGTON // Twice this year, Gabriela Lemus hoped to hear the news that President Bush had made history and chosen the first Hispanic nominee to the Supreme Court. Yesterday, her hopes were dashed again when Bush named Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. - the...Tags: Laura Bush, Abortion, Thurgood Marshall, George Bush, Harry Reid
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Nomination must go before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Sun StaffREPUBLICANS Chairman: Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Elected to a fifth term in November, Specter, 75, had to fight to win the committee gavel after conservatives blasted him for his remarks that President Bush might have a hard time getting anti-...Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Republican Party, Abortion, George Bush, Mike DeWine
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Supreme Court, in 5-4 vote, halts recount, stinging Gore
Sun ReporterThe U.S. Supreme Court, its deep division on full public display, stopped the vote counting in Florida yesterday and set the stage for a ruling that could make George W. Bush the next president. By a vote of 5-4, the court blocked a 22-hour-old ruling by...Tags: Florida Elections, Regional Authority, Local Elections, John Paul Stevens, Referenda
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U.S. awaits justices' decision
Sun ReporterThe U.S. Supreme Court explored with lawyers yesterday possible ways to write new legal rules that might help end the presidential election dispute in Florida, but ended the day without a ruling. After the 90-minute hearing, the nine justices studied the...Tags: Standards, Local Elections, Polls, Referenda, George Bush
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Justices rule for Bush
Sun ReporterThe Supreme Court, splitting 5-4 and risking its reputation for staying above politics, appeared to end the disputed presidential election by ruling last night for Gov. George W. Bush of Texas. The five justices in the majority -- the same five who had...Tags: Standards, Local Elections, John Paul Stevens, Referenda, George Bush
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