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Great Moments in Minority Rule

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Underlying the fondness for the judicial filibuster is the scantily-disguised philosophy that the minority knows better than the majority. Husband David has considered this philosophy, and found it wanting: To hear Senate Democrats talk, you'd think that only majorities are ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Praise Janice Rogers Brown; Say Nominee “Epitomizes the Greatness of America

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Activists from the black leadership network Project 21 are praising Senate leaders for their efforts to secure an up-or-down vote on the nomination of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown for a seat on the federal Circuit Court of ...
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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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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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David Bellamy Challenges Global Warming Orthodoxy

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Husband David has some thoughts on a recent news item: You ever wonder why environmental groups walk in such lock step on the global warming theory? Maybe it's because they censor colleagues who disagree. The Sunday Times (UK) reported last ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Praise Patricia Owen, Call Her “One of the Finest Jurists in the Country”

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Activists from the black leadership network Project 21 are praising Senate leaders for their efforts to secure an up-or-down vote on the nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen for a seat on the federal 5th Circuit Court of ...
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Majority Leader Frist: Unreasonable?

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A quote from today's Hotline: "It appears that the Majority Leader cannot accept any solution that does not guarantee all current and future judicial nominees an up-down vote." -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, on the Senate floor, 5/17/05 A ...
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