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The energy debate in the Senate stalled last week when Democrats failed to garner enough backing for an amendment that would require utilities to produce at least 15% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The Senate Tuesday is expected to vote again on that provision - considered essential by environmental...
Senator Jim Bunning, a Kentucky Republican, Monday introduced the third controversial amendment, which would mandate the use of 6 billion gallons of gasoline made from coal (Bunning's original amendment failed the Energy Committee by one vote). Environmentalists across the board loathe this provision, which they say would result in...
Chaudhry wasn't always a hero. Despised by some lawyers because of a perception that he took a progovernment stance on revenue cases, he was known as an abrasive, activist judge. As a Supreme Court Justice he was widely criticized for legitimizing martial law in 2000 and for a ruling...
But the magic of law is that even federal judges can give it surprising twists, as the court of appeals judges did in Garrett's case. Sure, they explained, the act says the rights it grants can't be limited. But the judges said that referred to "substantive rights" like...
The President hammered that point home Thursday morning during a speech to the Associated Builders and Contractors at the Washington Hilton. "For decades, we have not been in complete control of the border," he said. "If you're worried about border security, you ought to be supporting this bill." He...