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Let's be grown-ups on gay marriage and assault weapons
Given the lack of interest in Congress in protecting children from guns, it was nice to hear a grown-up in Washington speak on behalf of kids, any kids — in this case, the nearly 40,000 kids who live with same-sex parents in California. "They want...Tags: Marriage, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System, Adam Lanza, Harry Reid
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Same-sex marriage can't be stopped by courts
WASHINGTON -- To see the future of gay marriage, you didn't have to set foot in the Supreme Court chamber Tuesday morning as the justices took up the first of two landmark cases on the issue. You needed only to stand in the plaza in front of the court...
Tags: Barack Obama, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Defense of Marriage Act
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The false analogy between abortion and gay marriage
If the tenor of their questions is any indication, the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared evenly divided in the challenge to California's law banning gay marriage, with Justice Anthony Kennedy, predictably, in the middle. But rather than deciding...
Tags: Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Supreme Court, Laws, Minority Groups
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Excerpts of Tuesday's gay marriage case at high court
Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court: ___ On whether the case should be before them (Chief Justice John Roberts and...
Tags: Marriage, Justice System, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Strom Thurmond
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The sound of inevitability
Cal ThomasGiven his track record on marital fidelity, former President Bill Clinton is not the person I would consult about "committed, loving relationships." Clinton used those words in a Washington Post op-ed last week, urging the Supreme Court to overturn the...Tags: Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Bill Clinton, Social Issues, Antonin Scalia
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COLUMN: The sound of inevitability
Tribune Media ServicesGiven his track record on marital fidelity, former President Bill Clinton is not the person I would consult about "committed, loving relationships." Clinton used those words in a Washington Post op-ed last week, urging the Supreme Court to overturn the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, The Washington Post, Bill Clinton
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COLUMN: In a rut on Voting Rights Act
 WASHINGTON — Progressives are remarkably uninterested in progress. Social Security is 78 years old and myriad social improvements have added 17 years to life expectancy since 1935, yet progressives insist the program remain frozen, like a fly in...Tags: Barack Obama, Voting, Medicare, Minority Groups, Social Issues
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No Longer Need For Voting Rights Protection
The Hartford CourantProgressives are remarkably uninterested in progress. Social Security is 78 years old and myriad social improvements have added 17 years to life expectancy since 1935, yet progressives insist the program remain frozen, like a fly in amber. Medicare is...Tags: Barack Obama, Voting, Medicare, Minority Groups, Social Issues
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On Proposition 8, Obama stops just short of full equality
President Barack Obama could have stayed out of the case against California's ban on gay marriage, known as Proposition 8. The federal government isn't a party to the case, and Mr. Obama could have hidden behind the precedent of previous administrations...
Tags: Barack Obama, Marriage, Justice System, Gays and Lesbians, Laws
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A Justice league of their own
WASHINGTON -- For a quarter-century, Antonin Scalia has been the reigning bully of the Supreme Court, but finally a couple of justices are willing to face him down. As it happens, the two manning up to take on Nino the Terrible are women: the court's...Tags: Stephen Breyer, Voting, Justice System, Laws, Civil Rights
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Notebook: Litmus tests await votes in SD Legislature
It would seem highly unlikely Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg pay attention to the South Dakota House of Representatives. Those three...Tags: Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Antonin Scalia
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What to expect in 2013
A year ago, we predicted President Barack Obama would edge Mitt Romney 48-47 with 286 electoral votes, plus we'd get a Democratic Senate and Republican House; the numbers were a bit off, but who's counting? So plunging past the fiscal cliff, let's...Tags: Clarence Thomas, Republican Party, Denver Broncos, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Interior Policy
Mar 27, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Mar 27, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 26, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 12, 2013
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Mar 11, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 3, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 3, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Mar 2, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 28, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 25, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Dec 28, 2012
|Story| Aberdeen News
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