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Judges, Roberts noted on his Senate questionnaire, "do not have a commission to solve society's problems." He has held that view since his earliest days in government. Old memos show that as a Reagan Administration lawyer, he ardently opposed judicial meddling in divisive issues he thought were best left...
...Tuesday's county commission meeting Meadows pushed for passage of a new ordinance to limit traffic, parking and marching on several rural roads near the President's ranch. Not all five of the commissioners supported the action and the Texas Civil Rights Project has threatened a lawsuit, but on a 3-2 vote Meadows won support for a public hearing on the issue. The bad news for residents concerned about the return of Sheehan-who left the ranch to care for her ill mother-is that the public hearing will be held in about 30 days time, long after President...
To hear the politicians and local leaders tell it, closing a military base is about the worst thing you can do to a community. Ever since Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld listed the 180 or so installations he wants shut down next, local anger and fear have simmered. Connecticut Senator Joe...
It's probably too late. The nine-member Base Realignment and Closure Commission, which has toured the country since May to hear pleas from closing opponents in affected communities, plans to vote this week to approve or amend Rumsfeld's choices. Then Bush and Congress must accept or reject the...
That question has recently been buzzing around Washington, but now the chairman of the defunct 9/11 commission has lashed out at the Bush Administration for failing to address publicly claims that the panel ignored a tip that Atta had been flagged in the U.S. as a terrorist well before he...