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Early day motions rarely are submitted to debate, and in any case, Britain's monarch has already granted the award to Kennedy. The only remaining way to block the honorific, which Kennedy has accepted but not yet collected in the material form of a medal from the British ambassador to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Some Brits Don't Want a Sir Ted Kennedy | 3/7/2009 | See Source »

When questioned, Starr conceded that his view of the state constitution would permit a simple majority of the voters to repeal any right enshrined in the state constitution, including the right to free speech or a prohibition against racial discrimination. "While it is unthinkable," he said, "... the people do have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay Marriage: Is California's Supreme Court Shifting? | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

But a second argument, advanced by Attorney General Brown, is that the most important rights found in the constitution are inalienable and not subject to changes by a simple vote of the majority, because they are too important. That argument, too, seemed to suffer under scrutiny from some justices, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay Marriage: Is California's Supreme Court Shifting? | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

It is true, as McCain pointed out during his unsuccessful effort to delete all the earmarks in the spending bill, that earmark abuses have landed politicians like former Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham in prison. Those abuses were especially rampant when congressmen were permitted to slip earmarks into legislation without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Budget: Earmarks Aren't the Real Problem | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

On March 16, you will participate in a long march calling for the reinstatement of judges dismissed by Musharraf. What are you looking to accomplish? If they get reinstated, then the country will get an independent judiciary. If they get reinstated, there will be rule of law in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Sharif Blames Politics for Security Lapses | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

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