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...What is at stake juridically is the canonical result of consecrating bishops without a papal mandate. The bishops of the SSPX wished to show that they had not acted out of contempt for the authority of the Pope, but out of their wish to preserve Catholic tradition. The Pope’s intention is to foster an internal continuity between the Catholic Church and its neglected traditions. But a grave matter has intervened...
...battle over how to count people only makes sense when you look at what is at stake. The redistricting of local districts and reapportionment of congressional seats is based on census counts - a state could gain or lose seats based on its population, and shifts within a state determine plans for redrawing political boundaries. The redistricting that took place in Texas at Tom DeLay's urging following the 2000 census - which swung six congressional seats to the GOP - is just one example of how dramatically political fortunes can shift based on the use of those crucial numbers...
...partisans had to react. Reputations were at stake. Honor had to be defended. "Old ways die hard around here. I know our President won't give up on changing the unproductive partisan habits," Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri Twittered within minutes of the announcement. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, who has logged a decade as a political knife fighter, issued sharp words through a press release, suggesting that it was the Senator himself who had thrown his hat into the ring in the first place. "Senator Gregg reached out to the President," Gibbs noted, and was "very clear" that...
...Domingos Santos a longstanding leader of Portugal's Communist party, also knows what's at stake. He was a victim of secret police beatings during the junta's rule. Deprived of sleep and forced to spend days in a tiny windowless cell without a bed, Santos remains an outspoken critic of the U.S. base at Guantanamo. Terrorists need to be punished, he says, but torture is never justified. "We could take some [prisoners in Portugal] on grounds of human rights because of Guantanamo is a cancer which is afflicting society," he told TIME. "I condemn terrorism. It is barbaric...
...explosion on the list spoke to a debate that was more than just a time-killer or an argument about definitions. Wrap v. sandwich called into question an entire culinary history as well as our own personal histories. We all have a favorite sandwich or a childhood memory at stake in the outcome. If a quesadilla can be considered a sandwich, what would that mean for our memories? My lack of closure stemmed from the fact that knowing the definition didn’t compare to the satisfaction of biting into a juicy pastrami on rye. I spoke to everyone...