Word: leftwards
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...wage; he had also tussled with his own party's left wing over government plans to roll back welfare reforms introduced under the previous SPD-led government. But already questions have shifted from what engendered Müntefering's departure to what it could mean for the future: a leftward shift in the SPD, the end of any meaningful economic reforms for the current German government, and possibly the opening salvo in elections expected...
...congressional Democrats want to pick a fight with the court in the short term, in hopes of prompting a leftward shift, they'll have to be careful to choose issues in which they can count on support from a significant majority of the country. Rather than try to repeal the popular ban on partial-birth abortion--which many Democratic voters support--they might try instead to protect gender equality by overturning the court's narrow interpretation of the federal law prohibiting pay discrimination...
...probably turned less on an ideological move than on his support for states' rights, since a basic issue was whether Massachusetts and other state plaintiffs had standing to sue for federal regulation. But the study says Kennedy started out conservative and shifted left before leveling off, meaning a renewed leftward tilt is possible...
...anger-management session. Five years ago, Bush turned his back on Latin America - petulantly disengaging from issues that mattered most to Latin capitals like immigration reform and U.S. agriculture subsidies - because most of its nations refused to back his Iraq invasion. Since then, much of the region has turned leftward and anti-U.S. Bush was reminded about this at each stop of his five-nation tour - and each time his initial reaction was to hunch his shoulders, flash that exasperated look and angrily deny...
...strange, hermetic world of the highest court in the land. The book reveals Clarence Thomas--often seen as Antonin Scalia's understudy--to be a surprisingly forceful conservative voice on the court who sways Scalia rather than the other way around and who pushes more moderate Justices leftward in reaction. Greenburg also shows that when William Rehnquist fell ill but didn't step down, Sandra Day O'Connor was effectively forced to resign early to avoid the possibility of a double vacancy on the court. O'Connor, who snipes with Scalia in the book, is frank about the court...