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...local level, City Councilor Michael A. Sullivan won the nomination for Middlesex County Clerk of Courts??a position has been held for the last 48 years by his uncle, Edward J. Sullivan—with three-quarters of the vote...
...particular, he attacked the ideas that the president must either veto a bill or enforce all of its provisions—unless it is overturned by the courts??and that he must enforce a law he deems unconstitutional...
...court only had eight members, these razor-thin rulings would be a thing of the past. A 5-3 ruling might be more resounding—and potentially less divisive—than a single-vote margin. Alternately, a 4-4 tie would send the case back to lower courts??either to the states or the federal circuits...
...contradiction. Young said that the heart of the controversy was whether the Supreme Court was submitting to the authority of foreign courts or whether it was being persuaded by their reasoning. After reading the opinion, Young said he concluded that the Court was not being convinced by the foreign courts?? analysis, but that it was merely accepting their outcomes on face value. This “nose-counting,” as Young called it, meant that “the Court was not ‘engaging’ foreign law, but was using it authoritatively...
...unacceptable that the U.S. presidential election, a process which has occurred for over 200 years, will inevitably be lengthened and determined by lawyers and the courts??for a second time no less. This is a result of both the country and the states’ inability to institute effective election reform. States must streamline election procedures; technical glitches of the 2000 election should no longer be utilized in any state. Before the 2008 election, the U.S. government must amend the election process to ensure that campaigns are spending money on reaching out to voters?...