Author: Amy Ridenour

Cliff Kincaid: Abolish Public TV and Radio

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Cliff Kincaid says: In a front-page story on May 2, the New York Times accused the new Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of "aggressively pressing public television to correct what he and other conservatives consider liberal bias..." ...
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Wondering

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From William F. Buckley on the "nuclear option": "Really, you would think the Republicans had proposed to topple the Statue of Liberty." ...
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Former Senators on the Filibuster

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Five former Senators have sent a letter to Senate leaders Frist and Reid on judicial nominations: May 20, 2005 Senator Bill Frist, M.D. Majority Leader S-230, The Capitol Washington, DC 20510 Senator Harry Reid Democratic Leader S-221, The Capitol Washington, ...
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News Flash: Senate Divided

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A page one story by Dan Balz in Friday's Washington Post says a small group of Senators "working to avert a historic showdown over President Bush's judicial nominees" are attempting to "codify the principles of trust." "Trust" is not a ...
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Extremist Judicial Nominees

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Salon has a new article posted Friday listing the "extremist credentials" of seven Bush judicial nominees. The article's first complaint: An assessment of the nominees' records suggests that all consider government regulation a central problem, while they view private enterprise ...
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Janice Rogers Brown: Role Model

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Project 21 has just issued a press release praising Justice Janice Rogers Brown and calling Brown a "role model of American achievement." ...
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Black Activists Criticize NAACP for Filibuster Flip-Flop

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Members of the black leadership organization Project 21 are criticizing the NAACP for endorsing filibusters against Bush Administration judicial nominees, calling the NAACP endorsement contradictory to the group's past position, when filibusters halted the progress of civil rights bills. "For ...
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Noble History of the Filibuster

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The noble history of the filibuster: Filibusters were particularly useful to Southern senators who sought to block civil rights legislation, until cloture was invoked after a fifty-seven day filibuster against the Civil Right Act of 1964... The record for the ...
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Top Five Reasons Senate Democrats Oppose Ending Partisan Judicial Filibusters

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From husband David, who says he is writing only slightly tongue-in-cheek: The top five reasons why Senate Democrats oppose an end to partisan judicial filibusters: 5. Tom Daschle, we shall avenge you! 4. To preserve the right of out-of-the-mainstream politicians ...
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Gregory Kane on Janice Rogers Brown: Two Uncle Toms Are Better Than One

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Baltimore Sun columnist Gregory Kane discusses the Janice Rogers Brown nomination in a (very frank) way, raising points I haven't quite seen anywhere else: Black folks have so much invested in hating [Supreme Court Justice Clarence] Thomas that seeing him ...
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