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A filibustered judicial nominee withdraws
New York lawyer Caitlin Halligan, who was first nominated to the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., almost 2 1/2 years ago, has asked President Obama to withdraw her nomination. As The Times noted in an editorial today, Halligan was the victim...
Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Joe Biden, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Lindsey O. Graham, Politics
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Study up for this quiz on presidential libraries
President George W. Bush’s presidential library, built on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, will host its invitation-only dedication Thursday. Former presidents have long donated their records and documents to libraries built to...
Tags: Ceremonies, ABC (tv network), George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Culture
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Senate filibustering amounts to contempt of the courts
The Senate's habit of filibustering judicial nominees must end. Both Republicans and Democrats are to blame. Nearly two and a half years after she was first nominated, a candidate for a seat on a federal appeals court in Washington has been denied an...
Tags: Judges, Politics, Justice System, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Sen. Ted Cruz, the next Barack Obama?
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a "tea party" favorite, may be new to elected office, but that might not stop him from running for president before his first term in the Senate is over. And the only people who could legitimately question whether he's...
Tags: Ted Cruz, Tea Party Movement, Politics, Barack Obama, Elections
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Obama has kind words for former President George W. Bush
DALLAS -- President Obama is in the heart of George W. Bush country to pay tribute to the former president he describes as “concerned about all people in America, not just those who voted Republican." Obama kicked off his Texas visit at a...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Jay Carney, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Politics, Sports
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Sandra Day O'Connor ready for female president, but won't say who
PHOENIX — Sandra Day O’Connor is, obviously, quite familiar with historic firsts. Some 200-plus years after the nation’s birth she became the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. There have been three more women appointed...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Politics, Barack Obama, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama praises Bush for 'strength,' 'resolve' after Sept. 11
DALLAS — President Obama praised former President George W. Bush on Thursday for standing tough in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and for his early support for immigration reform, drawing strong allusions to his current challenges...
Tags: Dick Cheney, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jimmy Carter, Wars and Interventions
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McManus: Obama's Gitmo woes
President Obama sounded genuinely outraged last week when he talked about the Kafkaesque situation at the Guantanamo prison camp, where the United States has been holding 166 men without trial for terms that are, at this point, officially endless. "It's...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Yemen, Joe Biden, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lindsey O. Graham
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Feinstein: A better path to justice
The recent arraignment of Sulaiman abu Ghaith in a New York courtroom was an important moment in the ongoing effort to bring senior Al Qaeda figures to justice. But that's not how everyone saw it. Critics complain that he should have been taken to...
Tags: Terrorism, Prosecution, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice System, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Laughs, cheers and 'deep gratitude' at Bush library dedication
DALLAS -- When five presidents assembled at Southern Methodist University on Thursday for the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential center they traded wit and smiles, earning approval from the conservative crowd. Bill Clinton joked about getting...
Tags: Philosophy, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), AIDS, Religion and Belief, State of the Union Address
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Pictures in the News | April 25, 2013
FrameworkThursday's Pictures in the News begins in Texas with the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The library features more than 70 million pages of paper records, 43,000 artifacts,... -
Thursday's TV Highlights: 'The Office' on NBC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 21 -27, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES The Graham Norton Show Gwyneth Paltrow,...
Tags: Roseanne Barr, The Office (tv program), Gary Valentine, Jim Parsons, Topher Grace
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