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Federal Judge Dismisses Election Challenge On Discrimination

AP | By NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Alabama Voting Rights Act Challenge, Alabama, Video, Voting Rights Act, Election Changes, Elections 2012, John Bates, Voting-Problems, Justice Department, Racial Discrimination, Naacp, Voting, Politics News

By Nedra Pickler, The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a challenge to election monitoring for racial discrimin...

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PHOTOS: Outfit-Making Necklaces In This Week's Vintage Clothing Finds

Mary Kincaid | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: Ebay, Halston, Christian Dior, Vintage Clothing, Gucci, Zuburbia, Jean Varon, Trifari, Slidepollajax, Vintage Shopping, John Bates, Chanel, Patricia Smith, Hattie Carnegie, Vintage, Style News
Mary Kincaid

No time to page through thousands of eBay listings? Then just sneak a peek at my weekly eBay roundup of top vintage clothing finds. This eclectic mix...

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Federal Judge Raises Questions About Voting Rights Act

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether a key component of the landmark Voting Rights Act is outdated, expressing skepticis...

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Al-Awlaki Decision Leaves Key Questions Unanswered

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jihad, Anwar Al Awlaki, Executive Order, Harold Koh, Assassination, John Bates, Obama, US District Court, Anwar-Al-Aulaqi, Drones, Targeted Killing, State Department, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

Under what circumstances is the U.S. government allowed to target for death an individual suspected of participating in terrorism in a foreign country where we are not actively engaged in a war?

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New Justice Department Push To Keep Bush Aides From Testifying

Murray Waas | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: White House Subpoenas, Karl Rove, President Bush, John Conyers, Murray Waas, Executive Privilege, John Bates, Hariett Miers, Politics News
Murray Waas

The Justice Department filed papers in court late Monday asking a federal judge to temporarily set aside his own order directing White House officials...

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Paging Karl Rove: U.S. District Judge Sides With Congress

Dan Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Bates, Contempt, Congress, Karl Rove, Bush Administration, Rove Contempt, Karl Rove Contempt Charges, Politics News
Dan Sweeney

Yesterday, Rove dismissed the Judiciary Committee's contempt recommendation as "ludicrous." Today, he continues his inexorable slide toward actually having to show up on Congress' doorstep.

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