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Here's one prediction you can take to the bank: In 2016, Focus on the Family will still be spewing paranoid nonsense
Change of SubjectIn advance of the 2008 election, Focus on the Family released "Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America," warning their followers what life would be like in the fall of 2012 were Barack Obama to be elected. It's both frightening and...... -
Will 2012 be the year American democracy dies?
Who's buying our democracy? Wall Street financiers, the Koch brothers, and casino magnates Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn, among others. And they're doing much of it in secret. It's a perfect storm -- the combination of three waves that are about to...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Democracy, Religion and Belief, Democratic Party, Elections
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It's time to fight for restrictions on assault weapons
Let's be honest about this: Those of us who believe there are too many guns — and too many military-style guns that should not even be manufactured for, much less sold to, the civilian market — have taken a walk on gun regulation. We...Tags: Gun Control, National Rifle Association of America, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Laws, Interior Policy
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'The Partisan' an opinionated biography of William Rehnquist
-------------------- The Partisan The Life of William Rehnquist John A. Jenkins Public Affairs: 368 pp., $28.99 -------------------- Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was a curious man. He could be courtly and gracious, elegant in argument and a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Biography (genre), Mitt Romney
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Justices to Re-Examine Use of Race in College Admissions
CNNWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Heman Marion Sweatt and Abigail Noel Fisher both wanted to attend the University of Texas at Austin. Both claimed their race was a primary reason for their rejection. Both filed civil rights lawsuits, and the Supreme Court...Tags: Lawyers, Colleges and Universities, Litigation, Elections, NAACP
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High court looks at race in college admissions
WASHINGTON (AP)— Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divisive social issue back on their agenda in the middle of a presidential election...
Tags: Lawyers, Colleges and Universities, Racism, Louisiana State University, Separation of Church and State
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Immigration dittoheads on the Supreme Court
The first day of a big week for the third branch of government brought a ruling on Arizona's immigration law that was less than satisfying for Justice Antonin Scalia and the Rush Limbaugh wing of the U.S. Supreme Court. A five-vote majority that included...
Tags: Migration, Laws, Barack Obama, Elections, Entertainment
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Supreme Court Mostly Rejects AZ Immigration Law
CNNWASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down key parts of an Arizona law that sought to deter illegal immigration, but let stand a controversial provision allowing police to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws. In...Tags: Conservation, Illegal Immigrants, Litigation, Migration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Supreme Court strikes down Stolen Valor Act
Los Angeles TimesThe Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the federal Stolen Valor Act, which made it a crime to falsely claim to have received certain military medals. In a 6-3 decision, the high court said lying about medals and military service, while "contemptible"...Tags: Lawyers, Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Joe Heck, Duncan Hunter
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UPDATE: High court upholds key part of Obama health law
Editor's note: This story was updated at 10:40 a.m., on Thursday, June 28 WASHINGTON (AP)— The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul. The...
Tags: Lawyers, Barack Obama, Elections, Washington, DC, Clarence Thomas
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A humane decision
This week, the Supreme Court took another step — albeit a small one — toward restricting the severity of punishments courts can impose on juvenile offenders. In a 5-4 ruling, in which Justice Anthony Kennedy sided with the court's liberal...
Tags: Murder, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Judges
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Court: Use new drug sentencing law in crack cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says criminals who were arrested but not yet sentenced for crack cocaine offenses should be able to take advantage of newly reduced sentences. Corey A. Hill and Edward Dorsey were arrested in 2007 and 2008 for...Tags: Stephen Breyer, Drugs and Medicines, Crime, Law and Justice, Antonin Scalia, Washington, DC
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