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...Famously, Bush vetoed an attempt to lift the federal stem cell funding ban in 2005, and he withdrew from the Kyoto accords. Less well-known are his politically motivated appointments to scientific committees regulating the energy industry or his attempts to prohibit governmental officials—including NASA’s top climatologist—from speaking if their findings contradicted the administration’s policies...
...hardly an encouraging precedent. During the presidential and vice presidential debates, both GOP candidates expressed their skepticism about Roe v. Wade and the importance of women’s health and reproductive choice. Governor Palin remains dogmatic in defining “pro-life” to prohibit all abortions, even in the case of rape, incest, or medical necessity; and Senator McCain openly mocked the question of a mother’s health during the presidential campaign...
...workers called police after the woman began yelling and screaming at them. When the officers arrived, she had lost consciousness with a bottle of vodka tucked into her waistband. A little checking determined that it was not illegal to be drunk when casting a ballot, but election laws do prohibit liquor at voting sites and creating a disturbance. Charges have not been filed...
...Television v. FCC The case will look at whether federal regulators had the right to change long-standing policies by attempting to prohibit one-time utterances of on-air profanities...
...states them, which to date she hasn’t. Moreover, there is reason to believe the rumors are true.During the 2006 Alaska governor’s race, Palin stated that creationism and evolution should both be taught in the classroom, but that her opinion was not to prohibit debate and that creationism “doesn’t have to be part of the curriculum.”Therefore, she is undoubtedly in the league of people who believe that there can be a religious explanation for the creation of the universe. However, this is a large group...