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    Selecting Facts Regarding the Supreme Court

    APRIL 6, 2012 12:31PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics, politics news, supreme court obamacare, separation of powers, obamacare, constitution, us supreme court, u.s. constitution, supreme court health care, marbury v madison, health care law, health care, abortion, supreme court, barack obama

    • 8 Ratings
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    • 14 Comments
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    Compromising Government

    JULY 13, 2011 8:04AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: proposed, proposal, mcconnell, original intent, power of the purse, constitution, separation of powers, compromise, united states, us, us deficit, us debt, national deficit, national debt, debt, deficit, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 201 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Barack Obama e-mails me

    DECEMBER 24, 2010 11:04AM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: separation of powers, congress, barack obama, progress, president obama

    • 24 Ratings
    • 839 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Afghanistan, through the Looking Glass

    OCTOBER 12, 2010 5:04PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, afghanistan, free association, thinking aloud, centralization, vulnerability, founding fathers, distributed control, separation of powers, checks and balances, privacy, patriot act, states rights, original intent, tribal, tribes, vulnerability, tactics, military, shock and awe, war, afghanistan, afghanistan war, iraq, iraq war

    • 13 Ratings
    • 1643 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Big Government, Little Government

    DECEMBER 10, 2009 5:27PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, business, corporation, hierarchy, states rights, states' rights, state's rights, big fish, little fish, mergers, acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, competition, competitiveness, trust, anti-trust, antitrust, many minds hypothesis, distributed, distribution, safeguard, checks and balances, separation of powers, federalism, federation, confederation, sovereign, multiple sovereigns, organization, power, control, governance, government, autonomy, autonomous, corporatism, corporate states rights

    • 9 Ratings
    • 1398 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Did the Supreme Court cause our Economic Woes?

    FEBRUARY 9, 2009 7:08AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: global warming, climate change, depression, recession, economic woes, economy, separation of powers, executive power, court appointments, obama, due process, checks and balances, chief justice, supreme court balance, balance of the court, strict construction, original intent, court appointment, confirmation, replacement, appointment, stepping down, step down, retirement, retire, cancer, justice ginsberg, ruth bader ginsberg, bader ginsberg, ginsberg, judges, judge, justices, justice, supreme court, court

    • 8 Ratings
    • 2373 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Toward a Fair and Balanced Supreme Court

    FEBRUARY 6, 2009 7:21AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: 3-3-3, separation of powers, executive power, court appointments, obama, due process, checks and balances, chief justice, supreme court balance, balance of the court, strict construction, original intent, court appointment, confirmation, replacement, appointment, stepping down, step down, retirement, retire, cancer, justice ginsberg, ruth bader ginsberg, bader ginsberg, ginsberg, judges, judge, justices, justice, supreme court, court

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 966 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    No Laughing Matter: The Palin Doctrine of Executive Power

    OCTOBER 22, 2008 6:22PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, vice presidential power, vice president debate, vice president, unitary executive, separation of powers, sarah palin, republicans, presidential power, presidential election, palin-biden debate, palin cheney, palin biden, palin, obama campaign, mccain-palin campaign, mccain campaign, mccain, keith olbermann, john yoo, john mccain, john birch society, john birch, joe biden, fox barker communications, fox barker, election, dick cheney, constitution, civil liberties, biden-palin debate, biden

    • 13 Ratings
    • 1708 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Real Sarah Palin (is scarier than we thought)

    OCTOBER 10, 2008 3:49AM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, alaska independence party, alaskan independence party, biden, biden-palin debate, civil liberties, constitution, dick cheney, election, fox barker, fox barker communications, joe volger, john birch, john birch society, john mccain, john yoo, mark chryson, mccain, mccain campaign, mccain-palin campaign, new world order, obama campaign, palin, palin biden, palin cheney, palin-biden debate, presidential election, presidential power, republicans, sarah palin, separation of powers, todd palin, unitary executive, vice president, vice presidential power, belief and religion, anti-semitism, anti-semites, racism, right wing, militia groups, militia

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    • 36 Ratings
    • 3733 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    News from VP Debate: The McCain-Palin Coup

    OCTOBER 3, 2008 7:23PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, war, palin biden, palin cheney, vice presidential power, vice president debate, vice president, unitary executive, torture, separation of powers, sarah palin, presidential power, presidential election, palin-biden debate, palin, obama campaign, mccain-palin campaign, mccain campaign, mccain, john yoo, john mccain, joe biden, federalism, election, dick cheney, constitution, civil liberties, biden-palin debate, biden

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