Word: ruth
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...bait. Maybe, the Democrats hope, he's just enough of a perfectionist that he won't be satisfied with a bare majority for his confirmation-maybe his pride will kick in and he'll be tempted to try and get at least the 96 votes that Clinton-appointee Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
...Delaware Democrat Joe Biden tried asking Roberts whether a state could pass a law outlawing abortion, drawing from a question that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had answered at her hearing. Roberts said he couldn't answer, maintaining that Ginsburg had been freer to comment because she had written articles on the subject of abortion. Sen. Diane Feinstein tried yet another approach, philosophically asking whether the right of privacy applies to the beginning and end of life. Roberts again deflected. She then asked whether he agreed with the ruling in a 1992 abortion case, Casey v. Planned Parenthood, in which the majority...
...burly rugby breakaway hoping to crunch a small ball carrier if he would only dare to come his side of the ruck. Perky, motor-mouthed Cullen hints at Key's hidden agenda to cut public services and reprise the scorched-earth policies of former financial warriors Roger Douglas and Ruth Richardson; he scoffs when Key claims his tax plan will stop the 600 Kiwis a week heading for "Aussie." Cullen pulls a stream of numbers out of his head to build a picture of stability, progress and the job ahead. Earlier in the day, Cullen outlines a difficult global outlook...
...YORK Name: The Gourmet Institute Dates: Oct. 21-23, '05 This venerable cookaway program offers a weekend in the test kitchens of Gourmet magazine and features seminars with editor Ruth Reichl and classes by some of the world's most celebrated chefs, including Floyd Cardoz, Eric Ripert and Jean-Georges Vongerichten...
...know if he would be willing to throw it out or whether that would be too radical a reaction for his taste. Conservatives hope Roberts will line up with Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas in favor of overturning Roe, which would match the quartet--David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer and John Paul Stevens--that wants to maintain it, leaving Anthony Kennedy as the swing vote. While Roe might survive, such a lineup would probably ensure that the 2003 congressional ban on partial-birth abortion is upheld...