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Rodricks suffers selective judicial memory
In his recent column ("Razing the JFX, lowering O's expectations," April 3), Dan Rodricks continues his attacks on the Supreme Court for asking the tough questions of the lawyers presenting the Obama administration's case for the Patient Protection and...Tags: Justice System, Samuel A. Alito, Lawyers, Perry Hall, Democratic Party
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Maryland becomes first state to ban employers from asking for social media passwords
Moving to the forefront of social media privacy law nationwide, the Maryland General Assembly has passed legislation prohibiting employers in the state from asking current and prospective employees for their user names and passwords to websites such as...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Martin O'Malley, Washington, DC, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Democratic Party
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Judicial filibuster: Not so 'extraordinary' after all
Remember the "Gang of 14"? That was the bipartisan group of senators who six years ago agreed not to filibuster judicial nominees except under "extraordinary circumstances."
Well, looks like some people have decided to redefine "extraordinary" to...Tags: Justice System, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Judges, White House
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Harriet Tubman visitor center: a good first step
Harriet Tubman was one tough lady. She escaped slavery, fleeing an Eastern Shore plantation. She was a leader in the Underground Railroad, traveling at night under the North Star — probably along the Choptank River — hiding at safe houses...Tags: Transportation, Tourism and Leisure, National Parks, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), History
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Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Baltimore SunSens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...Tags: Joe Manchin III, Dick Durbin, Frank Lautenberg, Injuries and Wounds, Tom Udall
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Md. Holocaust survivors take rail fight to Congress
It wasn't until Ellen Lightman began to take care of her mother in her final years that she learned that the frail woman used her nightly prayers to whisper words of their family's painful past.
"Every night, she prayed that the last few seconds of her...Tags: Justice System, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Maryland General Assembly, Annapolis, Elijah E. Cummings
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Conservatives, tea party leaders seek to block immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Top conservative leaders, along with tea party activists from across the nation, have crafted a letter of opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan immigration overhaul. The open letter to the Senate, which will be released Tuesday,...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Radio, Laura Ingraham, Tea Party Movement, Labor Legislation
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U.S. panel votes to speed up airport fingerprinting of immigrants
Reuters* Major U.S. airports would be first to install equipment * Negotiations continue over high-tech visas By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - High-tech systems for tracking the movements of immigrants and other foreigners when leaving the...Tags: Justice System, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Orrin Hatch, National Government, Interior Policy
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Get-tough GOP now says Justice went too far
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.In virtual lockstep on topics such as guns, God and limited government, Southern Republicans in the Senate differ on how to balance national security interests with First Amendment protections. Last week, lawmakers from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and...Tags: Justice System, Freedom of the Press, Judges, White House, POLITICO LLC
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OPINION: Pence, Schumer both on right side
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Disclosure last week that the U.S. Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for the Associated Press rocked the journalism community. Commandeering the work and personal phone records of individual...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Justice System, Civil Rights, National Government, Corporate Officers
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White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists
WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....
Tags: Freedom of the Press, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System, White House, Washington, DC
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Sen. Jim Inhofe goes 'unvarnished' for speech in Tulsa
Tulsa WorldThe potential Republican U.S. Senate candidates waiting in a long line for incumbent Sen. Jim Inhofe to retire might have a longer wait than they had hoped. Speaking Friday at the Tulsa Republican Club, Inhofe said emphatically that he is not a declared...Tags: Barbara Boxer, Iran, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), State of the Union Address, James Inhofe
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