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...bigotry and questionable legal ethics-Dems are expected to focus more intently on the fact that Alito will shift the court to the right. After Chief Justice John Roberts joined Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas in a minority dissent in last week's decision upholding Oregon's right to enact a law legalizing doctor assisted suicide, court watchers now believe Roberts will be every bit as conservative as his predecessor, Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Which means Alito's replacement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has the potential to move the court dramatically to the right. Unfortunately for Democrats...
NUCLEAR OPTION In an unsubtle effort to shut up the Democrats, Republicans threatened to enact this Senate rule change that would prevent filibustering of President Bush's judicial nominees...
...education. Executive Associate for Accountability and Performance in the University of Texas System Geri H. Malandra said in her remarks at the Nashville conference that accountability metrics are essential to maintaining the quality of higher education and ensuring that it is worth the tuition dollars. Malandra has helped to enact accountability reforms within the University of Texas System, by monitoring data like graduation rates, licensure exam pass rates, and post-graduation employment rates. Miller argued in his introductory remarks at the conference that federal funding of higher education is grounded in the notion that such education produces a public good...
...backroom haggling and front-and-center rhetoric over the Act's extension went on right up to the end. Earlier in the week, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist declined an offer made by Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy of the Judiciary Committee to enact a three-month extension of the law to buy time for further negotiations. In the last few days, the White House dispatched Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to address the Senate Republicans' policy luncheon on Capitol Hill. But he failed to convince key Senators, such as Republicans Larry Craig of Idaho, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Lisa...
...fundraising dinners to keep expanding the budget. “Basically, our concept is that HRC has become such an active organization that it needs an organizational structure,” said Dewey of the campaign platform on which he and Souther ran. Dewey and Souther have promised to enact a platform that will focus on a “bottom-up” approach to running the HRC, allowing autonomy to the leaders of the club’s different subgroups, which will be oriented towards political issues and more practical functions. According to Downer, this election...