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After Republican Delays, a Dusturbing Judicial Nominee Slips Through |
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Judiciary Committee Republicans and Senator Dianne Feinstein voted to advance Leslie Southwick's nomination to the full Senate. That's not why Americans voted to give Democrats their majority in the Senate, which must reject Southwick and insist that the President find someone who will interpret the law fairly for all Americans. |
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Bush Administration Extremism on Access to Courts Gets No Takers on Supreme Court |
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The Bush administration has repeatedly staked out extreme positions that would slam the courthouse door to ordinary Americans who turn to the federal courts to protect their constitutional rights. The administration’s most recent push to institutionalize its anti-access ideology was rebuffed today even by the rightward-running Supreme Court. |
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GOP Presidential Candidates Pledge Far-Right Supreme Court in Bid for Base Voters |
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Republican presidential candidates, many with personal or political records that raise questions among Radical Right leaders and base voters, are hoping that pledges to appoint far-right Supreme Court justices will overcome those doubts. Early promises to appoint additional justices in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito should be a red flag to Americans concerned about the future of the Court and the Constitution. |
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Republicans Complain About Stalled Nomination, Forget About Stalled Docs |
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The letter of the nine Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans to Committee Chairman Leahy asks whether "there is anything we can do" to push consideration of Peter Keisler's nomination to the DC Circuit. Here's one thing: How about demanding that President Bush release all of the Keisler records now bottled up in the Reagan Library? |
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Supreme Court Rebuffs Bush Administration on Global Warming |
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A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate the emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from new automobiles. The EPA claimed that it did not have the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new cars, but that even it did, it would not act at this time because to do so would conflict with other priorities of the Bush administration. |
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Bush Judges Confirm Opponents' Fears |
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Federal appeals court judges nominated by President Bush are threatening and undermining Americans’ rights and liberties, and working to reduce congressional authority to protect those rights and liberties, according to a legal analysis published today by People For the American Way Foundation. |
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PFAW Obtains Roberts Documents |
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Through its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, Cooke v. National Archives and Record Administration, No. 05 CV 6518, PFAW obtained a compilation of documents that were either authored by, sent to or carbon copied to now-Chief Justice John G. Roberts during his work in the Ronald Reagan administration. The released documents include documents relating to the appointment process and allegations of government misconduct. The documents and our report on Chief Justice Roberts are available to the public for viewing and research and can be downloaded below. Please contact our librarian at 202-467-4999 for additional information.
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