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If Democracy Is Denied

Michael Carmichael | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

The sheer momentum of the Obama-Biden ticket has triggered frantic and massive Republican vote-rigging operations in key battleground states designed ...

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Business Rulings and the Supreme Court

ProPublica | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home

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by Chisun Lee, ProPublica The next president likely will fill one or more Supreme Court vacancies. That Roe v. Wade "hangs in the balance," as Sen. B...

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Joe's Big Problem

Peggy Drexler | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

Read More: George W. Bush., Mcain. John F. Kennedy, Cnn, Lloyd Bensten, Richard M. Nixon, Dan Quayle, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Sarah Paylin, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Vice Presential Debates, Nra, Home News

Even after intense weeks of charm-school and flash cards sessions, Palin can't go with Biden fact for fact -- on anything. She can't out-debate a guy who plays in the majors. That is his biggest advantage and his biggest problem.

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Hillary's Supporters and the Supreme Court

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 08.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Supreme Court, Hillary Supporters, John McCain, Hillary Voters, Samuel Alito, Hillary Clinton, John Roberts, 2008 Election, Home News

The current makeup of the Supreme Court renders it the most conservative group of justices in living memory. Should this matter to the supporters of Hillary Clinton? You bet it should.

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"The Obama V.P. Drama!" How The Whole Veep Text Message Thing Drove CNN Quietly Insane

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.23.2008 | Home

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Okay this is VERY funny: Our sister-site, 23/6, pulled together a montage of CNN trying desperately to report something — anything! — new ...

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Anthrax Scientist's Brother On CNN: "He Can Go To Hell" (VIDEO)

Gawker | Ryan Tate | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home

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Gawker has footage of the brother of Bruce Ivins, the suspected anthrax mailer, on CNN's American Morning. Ivins is surly throughout the entire inter...

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CNN Anchor Slams Impeachment as "Kabuki Theatre"

Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Election Center, Verdict, Carlysle Group, Scott Mcclellan, Impeachment, George W. Bush, Lou Dobbs, Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, Keith Olbermann, John Roberts, Special Comments, House Judiciary Committee, Campbell Brown, Coalition Provisional Authority, Msnbc, Dan Abrams, Cnn, Erica Hill, Sean Hannity, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Dan Senor, Countdown, Fox, Bill O'Reilly, Nbc, Home News

It seemed that most of the clearly biased shows on cable news had been publicly outed as such, but viewers learned there was yet another conservative Republican show:Election Center with Campbell Brown.

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Bush Calls Mugabe "Undemocratic"

Michael Carmichael | Posted 06.29.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Justin Frank, Jeremy Rosner, John Bolton, Dick Morris, Carlos Maria Aznar, National Endowment for Democracy, James Carville, Mark Penn, John Roberts, James Baker, Felipe Calderon, Anders Rasmussen, Katherine Harris, Silvio Berlusconi, Viktor Yuschenko, Aleksandr Yukashenko, Angela Merkel, Alvaro Uribe, Mark Mellman, Robert Mugabe, Jeb Bush, Usaid, Rob Allyn, Happiness, Home News

As a former advisor to Morgan Tsvangirai, I want to offer observations on the recent attempt by President Bush to appear less despotic than the reviled president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe.

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John Roberts Visits Highway 61

Doug Kendall | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, Justice Kennedy, Highway 61 Revisited, Antonin Scalia, Guantanamo, Bob Dylan, John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, Sprint Supreme Court Case, Home News

As the Sprint case indicates, the Supreme Court's liberals are increasingly finding that constitutional history supports progressive outcomes, while the conservatives are willing to discount inconvenient historical arguments.

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Supreme Court Justices John Roberts And Samuel Alito Sell Stocks To Reduce Conflicts Of Interest

CNNMoney.com | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, whose investments forced them to sit out cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, ...

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Toobin: A McCain Court Could Overturn Roe In "Maybe A Year"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, John McCain, Roe v. Wade, Antonin Scalia, David Souter, Samuel Alito, John Paul Stevens, Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts, Jeffrey Toobin, Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, The Nine, Home News

You know what they say: You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, and you can also pick the next three justices to sit on the Supreme Court. ...

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Code Words and McCain's Speech on Judges

Doug Kendall | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

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If the proper role of the judiciary is going to be one of "the defining issues of this presidential election," as John McCain asserted today, he shoul...

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McCain Didn't Need to Rap Obama to Relax Evangelicals

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Religion, Barack Obama, Conservatives, Sam Brownback, John Roberts, Mike Huckabee, Roe v. Wade., James Dobson, Focus on the Family, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Evangelicals, Home News

No matter how much saber rattling evangelical leaders do against McCain, they are still Republicans, and even the worst Republican by their standard is better than a Democrat.

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The Harry Reid Problem: Lamest Daily Show Guest Ever

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

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Harry Reid, senate majority leader, was as weak on The Daily Show as he is on the senate floor, whining about the threat of Republican filibusters as a brake on change. Weak, weak, weak!

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CNN's John Roberts Declares "Wright-Free Zone" For Obama Interview

AP | David Bauder | Posted 05.05.2008 | Home

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NEW YORK -- CNN's John Roberts declared his interview with Barack Obama on Monday a "Rev. Wright-free zone" to telegraph he wouldn't ask the Democrati...

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Masking Justice, Supreme Court Style

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 04.16.2008 | Home

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Shame on the Supreme Court for preferring to inhabit their cocoon of respectability on lethal injections -- justice masked by legalese -- than to face the facts.

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"Morning Joe" Jealousy? CNN's "American Morning" To Try To Become "Looser," "More Accessible"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.31.2008 | Home

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TVGuide.com recently interviewed CNN "American Morning" host John Roberts, who defined his show's target audience as "people who wake up in the mornin...

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Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Bill Richardson Explains Why The Other Superdelegates Should Vote With Their States

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home

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When asked by CNN's John Roberts why, if he advocated superdelegates voting with their constituents, was he backing Obama, Richardson claimed Roberts was getting "technical."

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The Supreme Court and the 2008 Election

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Home News

The stacking of the Supreme Court to the far right is a done deal, no matter who is elected president. It will be known as the most important aspect of George W. Bush's "legacy."

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Chief Justice Roberts Defends ExxonMobil

Think Progress | Posted 02.28.2008 | Home

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on how much money ExxonMobil should be forced to pay as damages for its Exxon Valdez oil spill 19 ye...

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John Roberts To Host Nightly Election Wrap-Up For CNN

AP | David Bauder | Posted 01.15.2008 | Home

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CNN says it is beginning a nightly prime-time wrap-up of election news, further evidence that the 2008 presidential campaign is a television hit. The...

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Aaaah, Poutine! John Roberts Enjoys A Taste Of Home

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.08.2008 | Home

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MANCHSTER, NH — CNN "American Morning" anchor John Roberts enjoys some fine Canadian cuisine at Chez Vachon in Manchester, NH. His co-anchor Kir...

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William Kristol: Intellectually Dishonest

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Democrats, William Kristol, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Bill Kristol NYT, Bill Kristol, Bill Kristol New York Times, Home News

Unlike some commentators, I don't think William Kristol is stupid or blinded by ideology.

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Cracks in the System: Are More Than 20 Years of Unjust Federal Crack Cocaine Sentences Coming to an End?

Jesselyn McCurdy | Posted 12.18.2007 | Home

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Despite the exciting news about reform of the federal crack cocaine law, these developments result in only incremental progress. Congress still must act to eliminate the statutory disparity between crack and cocaine.

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Breaking: John Roberts' Neck (No, Seriously!)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 12.04.2007 | Home

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Remember how John Roberts was in a bicycle accident on Thanksgiving wherein a car cut him off, forcing him to swerve and collide with a jogger, result...

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