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...statements as an academic, particularly his comments in favor of granting some legal rights to animals. But the nomination also drew concerns from liberals who criticized Sunstein’s advocacy of a “cost-benefit” approach to environmental legislation. Sens. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Jim Webb (D-Va.)—all from conservative or swing states—voted against the nomination, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) who caucuses with the Democrats, also voted against the nomination. Law Professor Mark V. Tushnet...
...Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, recently sponsored a constitutional amendment to open the presidency to those who have been U.S. citizens for at least 20 years and residents for at least 14 years. The House’s version of the amendment, sponsored by Rep. Vic Snyder, D-Ark., calls for a candidate to have been a naturalized citizen for at least 35 years. Both proposals deserve praise for removing an antiquated and discriminatory requirement that was designed to protect a vulnerable new country—not the stable global power America is today...
During the nerve-wracking hours when results were rolling in, call-ins over the speakerphone included ABC News Political Director Mark Halperin and KSG lecturer Maxine Isaacs, former Sen. David H. Pryor (D-Ark.)—the former IOP director and the father of Mark Pryor, who last night won the seat his father used to hold...
...Senator David Pryor (D-Ark.), Director of the Institute of Politics (IOP), unilaterally dissolved the Student Advisory Committee (SAC). Members were shocked and taken aback by a decision made without prior consultation of the group being evicted. Now, five months later, on the recommendation of the Institute Task Force, there will be a new structure for student involvement...
...event marked the IOP's first event of the semester--and the first set of speakers introduced by former Sen. David H. Pryor (D-Ark.), who replaced former Sen. Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.) as IOP director...