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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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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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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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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Project 21 members have thoughts about Justice Patricia Owen: Priscilla Owen is one of the finest jurists in the country. The fact that she has been forced to endure more than four years of public humiliation and character assassination is ...
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The New York Times has an interesting look at some of the Senate staffers working on the filibuster rules change debate. Apparently, one of the top GOP Senate rules strategists learned his craft in part by watching Senator Robert Byrd ...
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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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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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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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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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