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...wealthy worked closely with those who wanted to amend the constitution to ban gay marriage. Those who wanted to grow the size of the military made common cause with those who saw global warming as an environmentalist scare-tactic meant to interfere with free markets. Those who wanted to overturn Roe v. Wade also wanted to overturn campaign finance reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Romney Fighting the Last War? | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

...stop in Florida his seeming ignorance over a controversial proposal to allow oil and gas exploration in the Everglades earned him criticism. And while the rest of the G.O.P. field ran on a platform of 'I'll keep you safe, I'll cut your taxes and I'll overturn Roe v. Wade' (rotate pledge depending on candidate), Thompson centered his first policy rollout in early October on the third rail of American politics, Social Security reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fred Thompson: Gone Without a Trace | 1/20/2008 | See Source »

...change has been reclusive billionaire twins, Sir Frederick and Sir David Barclay, who live in a castle on a private island within Sark's territorial waters. The brothers, who own London's Ritz hotel and the Daily Telegraph newspaper, have used the European Court of Human Rights to help overturn a local inheritance law requiring property to be left only to the oldest male heir and also the "treizième tax," which dedicated one-thirteenth of the sale price of property to the Seigneur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Revolution Not Televised | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...With this history, Conservatives can trust Sen. McCain to remain steadfast to their values, with campaign commitments to appointing judges to overturn Roe v. Wade, cutting taxes in a responsible way to promote economic growth, and securing the border and dealing with illegal immigration fairly yet compassionately...

Author: By Brenda C. Maldonado | Title: McCain: A Leader We Can Trust | 1/7/2008 | See Source »

...federal government? SCHWARZENEGGER: History is in our favor. Out of four lawsuits, we have won four. They have lost all four. It could very well be, and I think this is the direction it's going to go, they're going to lose the fifth one. We want to overturn that. Imagine that the Supreme Court had to tell the [Environmental Protection Agency] that greenhouse gases are a pollutant. Think about that. We're arguing that! Is it a pollutant or not? That to me is the most unbelievable audacity to argue that point. That just shows you where they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arnold Schwarzenegger | 12/27/2007 | See Source »

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