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Oct 25 2012
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Obama Campaign Presses Mitt Romney To Fully Disown Richard Mourdock For Rape Comments
President Barack Obama's campaign on Thursday turned up the heat on Mitt Romney, pressuring him to do more than simply disagree with Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comment Tuesday about abortion in the case of rape.
In the campaign's final days, the Obama campaign wants to hold Romney's feet to the fire to clarify his position about one of the most explosive topics in
HuffPostSep 15 2019
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Kamala Harris Does Not Understand Why the Constitution Should Get in the Way of Her Gun Control Agenda
During last night's Democratic presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden admonished Sen. Kamala Harris (D–Calif.) for promising to impose new gun controls by executive fiat if Congress fails to pass the laws she thinks it should. That gave Harris a perfect opportunity to explain how her 100-day plan for gun control can be reconciled with constitutional restrictions on presidential
ReasonApr 24 2014
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Cliven Bundy: Another conservative folk hero exposes racial nerve
Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy's remarks about whether the "Negro" fared better under slavery represents the latest in a series of incendiary racial comments from a new crop of folk heroes embraced in some conservative circles. "They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton," Bundy said to reporters, according to the New York
CNN (Online News)Jun 04 2020
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George Floyds and Christian Coopers are all around you — just the latest chapters in America’s long history of demonized black men
When Cephas Williams, a London-based artist, visited the House of Lords last year, he went through all the usual security procedures and was asked to take a seat. Williams, a black man, was then approached by a white woman who asked him why he was sitting there. She asked him to move and, believing that he was sitting in a restricted area, he agreed.
“I got up to leave, and she
MarketWatchSep 12 2019
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Supreme court decision to let Trump deny asylum reverses years of US policy
The supreme court ruled on Wednesday to allow the Trump administration to enforce nationwide restrictions that would prevent most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the US.
The administration announced in July a new policy that would deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on their way to the US without seeking protection there first, therefore affecting
The GuardianDec 30 2019
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Trump impeachment trial drags Roberts into spotlight
Chief Justice John Roberts has tried to prevent the Supreme Court from being seen as just another political body, but when he presides over President Trump’s likely impeachment trial in the Senate, the partisan glare will be hard for him to avoid.
The 64-year-old chief justice who famously said judges should simply call balls and strikes will now hold influence over the most bitterly
The HillMar 04 2020
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What happens to rule of law if the law keeps changing?
Interpretations of law change over time, of course. But a case before the U.S. Supreme Court highlights what can happen when politics flip-flop so wildly and quickly.
When Justice Stephen Breyer began to speak, Amy Hagstrom Miller could barely believe it.
As he continued, she began to wonder if she was in the U.S. Supreme Court at all, or if she was dreaming.
The headline
Christian Science MonitorOct 10 2015
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Planned Parenthood Probes Find No Wrongdoing, But The Damage Has Been Done
If an organization is accused of a crime but there's no evidence it committed that crime, should the organization still be punished for its imaginary crime? The answer from Republicans is a resounding yes -- at least if the organization is Planned Parenthood.
In July, the Center for Medical Progress began releasing selectively edited videos of Planned Parenthood staff members
HuffPostSep 28 2015
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Carly Fiorina Both Repels and Enthralls Liberal Feminists
When the novelist Jennifer Weiner watched the second Republican presidential debate with her two daughters on Sept. 16, she felt a sense of pride at seeing the lone woman on stage, Carly Fiorina, hold her own against Donald J. Trump.
Then Mrs. Fiorina denounced abortion and Planned Parenthood in a graphic monologue that thrilled many conservative Republican voters but left Ms. Weiner
New York Times (News)Apr 15 2015
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DA rules Salt Lake police shooting justified
A Salt Lake police officer who shot a man after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers making a traffic stop has been cleared by the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office.
District Attorney Sim Gill on Wednesday ruled that the shooting of Salvador M. Flores, 30, by officer Trevor Hansen was legally justified. Flores survived the shooting and was later charged in 3rd District Court
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