Hearings

King Not Fit to Lead

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Peter King, Homeland Security, Hearings, Rep Peter King, Peter King Hearings, Peter King Muslims, Politics News
James Zogby

King's hearings weren't even a good example of "McCarthyism." They were a suborning of an important committee's resources to serve the chairman's obsession with America's Muslims.

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Open Letter To Congressman Peter King

Frank Fredericks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frank Fredericks

While terrorism and violence in all forms are threats to American national security, singling out any one community for inquiry is not only a failed approach to policy, but it is un-American.

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Supreme Court Helps Out Kagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Kagan, Recruiting, Elena Kagan, Scotus, Gay, Harvard Law, Dean, Republican, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Harvard, Dadt, Military, Constitution, Chris Weigant, Hearings, Judiciary, Confirmation, Christian Legal Society, Gays, Justice, Senate, Cls, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The Supreme Court has yanked the rug out from under the argument that Kagan shouldn't have had the option to bar military recruiters from campus while dean of Harvard law school. Today's ruling affirms that right for universities.

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Dick Cheney 'Needs To Testify' About BP Oil Spill, Says Chris Matthews (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, BP Oil Spill, Congress, Bush, Blame, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Offshore Oil Drilling, Oil Industry, White House, Big Oil, Halliburton, Hearings, Dick Cheney, Chris Matthews, Gulf of Mexico, Video, Green News

Former Vice President and one-time Halliburton CEO Dick Cheney should be called to testify about the gulf oil spill, according to Chris Matthews. Mat...

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Congress' Role In BP Oil Spill Questioned: CNN's Candy Crowley Interviews Sens. Shelby, Nelson

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Congress, Regulation, Obama, Gulf Oil Spill, House, Bill Nelson, Senate, Oil Spill, Minerals Management Service, Hearings, Richard Shelby, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Bp Oils Pill, Mms, Video, Politics News

Congressional hearings are piling up in the wake of the April 20 explosion and subsequent oil leak from the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig in the...

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MTA, City & State to Students: Drop Dead

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas DiNapoli, New York Budget, Mta, New York Legislature, Student Metrocards, MTA Deficit, Metrocards, Youth, Lockheed Martin, Protest, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Education, Transportation, Stimulus, Schools, Budget, Layoffs, MTA Board, Hearings, Security, Unemployment, Bloomberg, Students, Accountability, Poverty, Walkouts, New York News
Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Today, the MTA launches a whirlwind tour of public hearings citywide. These hearings will be the first of their kind since 585,000 student straphangers learned they would lose subsided fares.

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The Best Moments Of The Sotomayor Hearings: Wise Latina Lines, Banal Baseball Metaphors, And Crack! (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Stemler | Posted 05.25.2011

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So what does it take to become a Supreme Court justice in this fair nation of ours? After combing through hours and hours of footage from last week's...

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Can White Men Shed Their Prejudices Better Than Others?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sodomy, Supreme Court, Homosexual, White Privilege, Hearings, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Lewis Powell, Senate Confirmation, Prejudice, Race, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

The implication of Sessions' inquisition was that, as a white male with no distinguishing "heritage" to speak of, he and his ilk can make judgments totally free of feelings, belief, or experience.

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Congress Must Hold Hearings With CEOs Who Lay Off Workers

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Congress, Unemployment, Activism, Economy, Employment, Hearings, Jobs, Layoff, Congressional Hearings, Petition, Politcal Action, Politics News
Lee Stranahan

I'm tired of reading about the job layoffs daily while witnessing the lavish spending and bad decisions of incompetent CEOs, so I decided to do something about it and started a petition.

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Right-Wing Supreme Court Draws Ire Of Senate Judiciary Committee

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rights, Supreme Court, Congress, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Exxon Mobil, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Tracy Barker, Exxon Valdez, Liberties, Roberts Court, Fraud, Senate, Haliburton, Securities, Hearings, National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, Justice, Arbitration, Home News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

The Supreme Court has shifted dangerously to the right and is now the most pro-business Court since the monopoly greasing "Lochner-era" Court of the late 19th century.

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Torture Hearings

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waterboarding, Warwire, Mukasey, Hearings, Torture, Politics News

A Marine Corps lawyer told a House subcommittee Thursday the Pentagon blocked him from testifying that harsh interrogation methods tripped up his pros...

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