Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun
It’s an amazing time to be alive in America. We’re in a year of firsts in this presidential
election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate;
and, a candidate who is the first front running freedom fighter over 70.
The next president of America […]
Voter ID Battle Shifts to Proof of Citizenship
By IAN URBINA
Published: May 12, 2008
The battle over voting rights will expand this week as lawmakers in Missouri are expected to support a proposed constitutional amendment to enable election officials to require proof of citizenship from anyone registering to vote.
The measure would allow far more rigorous demands than […]
The Michigan General Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages also blocks Michigan governments and state universities from offering “domestic partnership” benefits for homosexual couples.The Marriage Protection Amendment was approved by nearly sixty percent of voters in 2004. Considered the broadest of the 11 state marriage amendments barring same-sex […]
White House and Democrats Move on Ohio Court Plan
By NEIL A. LEWIS
Published: May 8, 2008
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats and the White House moved ahead Wednesday with a compromise to break a years-long impasse over approving judges for the federal appeals court based in Ohio.
But Senate Republicans seemed markedly unenthusiastic about the plan as the Judiciary […]
Mobile Press Register (Alabama)
Battling over justices
Thursday, May 08, 2008
BACK IN January, U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona was asked about the type of judges he would appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“It’s not social issues I care about,” Sen. McCain said. “It’s the Constitution of the United States I care about.”
Sen. McCain’s answer turned […]
I listened to Barak Obama as he delivered his victory speech in the North Carolina primary. I saw cheering crowds applaud his every word as he, in doublespeak language, promised to give them a lot of things and with their own money, pay for those so-called ‘gifts.’
I saw cheering Blacks that cast somewhere close to 97 percent […]
Democrats are prepared to bring to the House floor legislation purportedly written to assist Americans impacted by the recent housing slump. But in recent days, it has become increasingly clear who this legislation is really out to serve: scam artists, speculators, and trial lawyers.
That’s right: the bill forces taxpayers to pay for a massive $300 […]
Voting Rights Are Too Important to Leave to the States
By ADAM COHEN
Published: May 2, 2008
It would be hard for Florida to surpass its disastrous performance in the 2000 election, but give the Sunshine State credit for trying. Its latest assault on democracy: a law threatening volunteer groups with crippling fines if they make small mistakes […]
Parents of
Soldiers Killed in Action
Seek $40B From
Anti-War Shirt Seller
Thursday, May 01, 2008
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An Apologetic Boycott in Good-Natured Banter
By WILLIAM GLABERSON
Published: April 30, 2008
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The first indication that the afternoon’s hearing in the case of Salim Hamdan was going to be different came when he showed up in war crimes court in his prison khakis, a loose-fitting outfit that looked like yesterday’s pajamas.
After years […]
