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In the fight over Arizona's immigration law, everybody loses
July 31, 2010Arizona's immigration law was never going to solve the problem of illegal immigration. That is not its purpose. Instead it is an invitation to a shootout in which there will be no winners. It is more of a provocation than an attempt to enact policy, and as a protest against Washington's failure to fix a broken immigration system, it resonates.
Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative
July 31, 2010Ken Cuccinelli was at his desk past midnight, laboring over calculus homework, when he heard a long, loud scream. It came from an adjacent basement bedroom in the group house he rented with some friends that summer of 1989 in Charlottesville, where he was a student at the University of Virginia. The woman in the room had awakened to an intruder climbing onto her bed. She kicked him and bolted upstairs. The man fled through the window he had entered.
Edwin Kneedler a ÃÂsavvy' choice to argue suit against Ariz. immigration law
July 31, 2010Several years ago, Justice Department lawyer Edwin S. Kneedler argued his 100th case before the U.S. Supreme Court, a benchmark shared by fewer than 10 attorneys in U.S. history.
Sen. Ben Nelson is first Democrat to oppose Kagan
July 31, 2010 WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan saw the first crack Friday in a so-far solid base of Democratic support for her virtually certain confirmation next week, when centrist Sen. Ben Nelson said he would vote "no."
Split ruling from NY judge on cigarette regulation
July 31, 2010BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Seneca Indians in the mail-order cigarette business can no longer use the post office to ship cigarettes while they fight to have a new law banning the practice struck down in court, a federal judge ruled Friday.
NH Sen. Gregg is fifth Republican to support Kagan
July 31, 2010WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Judd Gregg says he plans to vote to confirm Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court justice.
Ginsburg: OK to look to foreign law for good ideas
July 31, 2010WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says judges can look to foreign law for good ideas without diminishing their ability to apply U.S. law faithfully.
Scalia: Supreme Court should not be moral arbiters
July 31, 2010 BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Antonin Scalia believes Supreme Court justices are all too often deciding the nation's morals from the bench. He thinks the nomination process has turned into "absurd political theater." And he has grown to loathe the "silly spectacle" surrounding State of the Union speeches.
UK author vows to fight Singapore contempt charge
July 31, 2010SINGAPORE -- A British author vowed Friday to fight charges in Singapore related to his book on the city-state's death penalty policy, even if it lands him in jail.
Harry C. Press Jr., 78, dies; led Howard University's radiology department
July 31, 2010Harry C. Press Jr., 78, a Howard University radiologist who successfully fought for the racial integration of a swimming pool in his former Silver Spring neighborhood, died July 4 at his home in Bethesda. He had complications from colon cancer.
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