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...pleased conservatives by writing that Roe as written was on shaky ground. But she didn't say it should be overturned. In a 1989 case she explicitly rejected an attempt to overturn Roe, but said restrictions on abortion were fine as long as they didn't place an undue burden on the right to choice. And most important, in 1992, that "undue burden" test became the court's yardstick for measuring abortion restrictions in the majority opinion O'Connor co-authored. Though it weakened Roe's standard for analyzing limitations on first-trimester abortions, Roe still stands...
...burden will likely fall heaviest on entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, Palfrey said...
...move that could change how college students shoulder the burden of loan debt, Democrats on the House Education and Workforce Committee proposed legislation last month that would allow student loans to be consolidated at either variable or fixed rates...
...fixed-rate consolidation with consolidation at a variable market rate capped at 8.25 percent, which Republicans claim will save taxpayer dollars. Under committee chairman Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the Republicans have committed to “revenue-neutral” legislation, claiming Democratic plans would impose an undue burden on taxpayers...
...competing proposals come at a time when some experts say student debt has reached levels that impose too great a burden on the student borrower. The average student borrower graduates with nearly $20,000 in debt...