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Monthly Archives: October 2013
The Five Big Issues in Supreme Court’s Current Term: Presidential Power
This is the fifth and last of a series of posts on the issues that Adam Liptak has identified as prominent on the agenda of the Supreme Court in its current session. Liptak listed campaign finance, abortion, affirmative action, prayer and … Continue reading
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Tagged Mitch McConnell, NLRB, President Obama, recess appointments, union influence
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The Five Big Issues in Supreme Court’s Current Term: Prayer
This is the fourth of five posts. I have taken the issues in the order that Adam Liptak listed them in his New York Times article, so I have considered campaign finance, abortion, affirmative action. Today we look at prayer. … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, first amendment, irreligion, prayer, religion, secularism
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The Five Big Issues in Supreme Court’s Current Term: Affirmative Action
This is the third of five posts. I covered the Court’s opportunity to deal with campaign reform the day before yesterday; yesterday it was abortion; today it is affirmative action. All five issues and the associated cases are drawn from … Continue reading
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Tagged affirmative action, nullification, racial quotas, racism, Schuette, sexism
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The Five Big Issues of the Supreme Court’s Current Term: Abortion
This is the second of five posts. I covered the Court’s opportunity to deal with campaign reform yesterday; today, it is abortion’s turn. All five issues and the associated cases are drawn from this article by Alan Liptak in the New … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, off-label use, privacy rights, rights of the unborn, U. S. Supreme Court
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The Five Big Issues in the Supreme Court’s Current Term: Campaign Finance
This is the first of five posts. Each of the five issues gives you an opportunity to ask yourself, “Just what do I mean when I say I am a liberal or a conservative (or whatever designation you use for … Continue reading
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Tagged conservatism, democracy, federal elections commission, liberalism, money in politics, plutocracy
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Still a Family
The men in this picture are the family among whom I grew up. Our parents died nearly thirty years ago, and we have related to each other differently since then. We have been much closer since then. I think there … Continue reading
Why We Shut the Government Down
Today is the third day of the shutdown of the federal government. This would be the result of a tantrum on the order of “I’m going to hold my breath until I turn blue” if there were only one government … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable care act, government shutdown, President Obama, speaker boehner, tantrums, tea party caucus
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