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...provision or another is thrown out by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. He won. But don't we already have a lamentable experience with severability? In 1976 the Supreme Court threw out one provision of the post-Watergate campaign reform. The court ruled that you can constitutionally restrict how much a candidate can raise but not how much he can spend. That created a gigantic loophole for the very rich. They don't care about restrictions on what they can raise because they don't raise. They have all the money they need. Result? The current epidemic...
...finishes what federal restrictions began long ago. In 1977, Congress passed the Hyde amendment, banning the use of federal Medicaid dollars for abortions, except in cases of rape, incest or if the mother's life is at risk. Since then, states have enjoyed a certain degree of freedom when they move to restrict state Medicare funding of abortions...
...global warming more seriously, after essentially rejecting the same advice from his environment secretary, Christie Whitman. Bush made clear Thursday that he was willing to work with U.S. allies to address the question of global warming, but would not contemplate any action that would hurt America's economy or restrict its access to energy...
...Rather than ban "soft money" donations to political parties, Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel's rival campaign finance bill would restrict them to $60,000 in yearly donations. Hagel's bill would also triple to $3,000 the limit on individual hard-money contributions, and codify full-disclosure requirements on donations...
...reverse a campaign promise to restrict emissions? Keeping the pledge might cost billions. Bush says the promise was just a big mistake. So is global warming...