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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

    • 7 Ratings
    • 634 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    "Conservatives" Let Slip Their Radical Designs

    APRIL 5, 2012 1:51PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, right wing, republican party, supreme court, clarence thomas, conservatism, liberalism, strip search, paul ryan, safety net, military spending, ezra klein, deficit reduction, tax cuts, supply side economics, president obama, radicalism, mitt romney, neuropolitics, joe klein, charles fried, health reform, judicial activism, lewis powell, us chamber of commerce, vast right wing conspiracy, hillary clinton, bush v gore, citizens united, conservative movement, new deal, ayn rand, fdr

    • 1 Ratings
    • 547 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Why the Court will uphold Obamacare

    MARCH 30, 2012 5:46PM

    By Gregg Ivers


    Topics: constitutional law, obamacare, obama, supreme court, judicial power, judicial activism, affordable care act, anthony kennedy, john roberts, scalia, judicial power

    • 1 Ratings
    • 169 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Clarence Thomas Should Leave High Court

    JUNE 23, 2011 12:02PM

    By Dicky Neely


    Topics: cartoon saturday, politics, judicial activism, bias, jenny thomas, clarence thomas

    • 0 Ratings
    • 223 Views
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    Will A Rightwing Federal Judiciary Gut Healthcare?

    DECEMBER 23, 2010 12:01PM

    By Paul Nevins


    Topics: courts, poltics, constitution, u.s. supreme court, judicial activism, roberts court

    • 1 Ratings
    • 811 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Samuel Alito, judicial activist

    JANUARY 28, 2010 1:31PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: vice president joseph biden, vice president biden, united states supreme court, u.s. supreme court, treason, supreme court, state of the union, samuel alito, president obama, president barack obama, judicial activists, judicial activism, joseph biden, barack obama, politics

    • 18 Ratings
    • 2683 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Settled Law on Abortion, and Why Stare Decisis Matters

    NOVEMBER 22, 2009 2:28PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: strict constructionist, strict constructionism, strict construction, originalism, originalist, prohibition, pro-abortion, anti-choice, pro-life, pro-choice, choice, personal, private, from the bench, legislating from the bench, judicial activism, judicial overstepping, makes laws, making laws, legislating, legislature, civil law, law, doctrine, tempting of america, the tempting of america, justice scalia, justice antonin scalia, antonin scalia, scalia, judge robert bork, judge bork, robert bork, bork, roe vs. wade, roe v. wade, roe, legal opinion, legal case, legal strategy, analysis, strategy, alternative, alternate, reformulation, reformulate, formulation, formulate, penumbra of the ninth amendment, penumbra of the 9th amendment, penumbra, 9th amendment, ninth amendment, 1st amendment, first amendment, constitution, bill of rights, supreme court, court, liability, stare decisis, clash of absolutes, government meddling, government intrusion, coathanger, coat hanger, safe and legal, unfair, fair, legal, right, abortion, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 395 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Texas Sen. Cornyn Tries to Discredit Sotomayor...using Golf

    JULY 13, 2009 3:03PM

    By Dorian de Wind


    Topics: pga tour, discrimination, civil rights, judicial activism, golf, disabilities, supreme court, texas, john cornyn, sotomayor, sports, politics, news, health

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