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One recent example of this ambivalence is the 2006 Supreme Court case on whether it was prejudicial for a murder victim's family to wear buttons with a picture of the deceased during a trial. After much debate, the Supreme Court overturned a U.S. Court of Appeals decision and ruled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down on Courtroom Tears | 6/24/2008 | See Source »

The NARAL survey found that when pro-choice women are told that McCain believes the Roe v. Wade decision should be overturned, their support for him drops substantially. Among pro-choice independent women, who are already more inclined to back Obama, information about the two candidates' abortion positions improves Obama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Pro-Choice Women Back McCain? | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

The problem for Democrats is that most voters don't sit through phone calls with pollsters walking them through the respective positions of the two nominees. That sets up a messaging battle, and it's one Republicans enter from a position of strength. In the 35 years since the Roe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Pro-Choice Women Back McCain? | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

If McCain wants to encourage that interpretation, he might enlist his wife to help. From Pat Nixon, who declared "I believe abortion is a personal choice," to Betty Ford, who praised the Supreme Court's judgment in Roe as "a great, great decision" to Laura Bush, who on the eve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Pro-Choice Women Back McCain? | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

Tsvangirai's decision means Mugabe will be unopposed in Friday's vote and effectively hands victory to the 84-year-old former guerrilla leader who has ruled Zimbabwe since its independence in 1980. The Zimbabwean government confirmed Monday the vote would go ahead as planned.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tsvangirai Pulls Out of Election | 6/22/2008 | See Source »

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