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...unequivocally oppose Question 2, a constitutional amendment proposal that would limit the voting rights of all incarcerated felons in the state of Massachusetts. Not only does the Massachusetts State Constitution explicitly state that incarcerated citizens retain their voting rights, but this very issue was also affirmed by the state's Supreme Judicial Court in 1977. Very few prisoners exercise their voting rights under the current system and it would be difficult to prove that incarcerated citizens' voting trends have influenced any election, be it in a positive or a negative direction. At its core, this question aims to dismantle...
Because only the insurance benefits provision of the ordinance conflict with the 1955 law, Cambridge domestic partners will retain hospital visitation rights and access to the school records of each other's dependents under the terms of the ruling...
...some were able to retain sight of the holiday's real objective...
...woman wants to have an abortion. It is a physically and emotionally painful procedure, but sometimes it is the only means to retain control of one's life and future. Certainly, it is not a decision taken lightly. When birth-control methods fail, it's the woman who pays, the woman who carries the child, delivers it and rears it--sometimes without financial support from the father and on a lower salary than a man would earn. You would have to be blind not to see that an unwanted pregnancy can be devastating to a woman's future. LEYLAND RYAN...
...Valeo case of 1996, the Supreme Court ruled that "The First Amendment denies government the power to determine that spending to promote one's political views is wasteful, excessive or unwise. In the free society ordained by our Constitution it is not the government, but the people who must retain control over the quantity and range of debate on public issues in a political campaign." Bush believes that campaign finance reform is vital to maintaining the integrity of the political process. While Gore claims to be the candidate of campaign finance reform, it seems unwise to trust...