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Partial Victory
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007The Supreme Court upheld the ban against partial birth abortion today. (AP) The Supreme Court’s conservative majority handed anti-abortion forces a major victory Wednesday in a decision that bans a controversial abortion procedure and set the stage for further restrictions. For the first time since the court established a woman’s right to an abortion in [...]
“Let’s get ready to rumble!”
Tuesday, July 19th, 2005Question: What is, “Let’s get ready to rumble!”? Answer: ___ (a) Trademarked catchphrase of famed boxing announcer Michael Buffer ___ (b) Cliche bravado at high school sporting events ___ (c) Echo reverberating throughout the hallways of the Senate Judiciary Committee tonight _X _ (d) All of the above, because: President Bush on Tuesday selected U.S. [...]
Ten Opinions
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005“THE SUPREME Court’s decisions yesterday on displays of the Ten Commandments on public property were not a model of clarity or judicial consensus. To resolve two cases, one from Texas and the other from Kentucky, the justices delivered 10 different opinions — one, we suppose, for each commandment in the Decalogue. … “Context is obviously [...]
Supreme Court Politics and Abortion
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005On the same day that the United States Senate averted the so-called Nuclear Option on judicial nominees (at least for now), the current Supreme Court agreed to re-enter the abortion debate. Interesting that the litmus test issue of our day, about which most judicial broohahas relate, would apparently come before the Supremes one more time [...]