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...amend its constitution no fewer than 500 times since 1911, while the U.S. Constitution has survived more than 200 years with just 27 amendments. But like Kennard, who had also voted with the majority to establish the right to gay marriage last year, George seemed to suggest Thursday that until the people of California raise the barrier for amendments, the court has little power to overturn their decisions...
...court can take up to 90 more days to issue its ruling, and questions during oral arguments do not always accurately reflect the thinking of individual justices. But Thursday's three-hour session did indicate that the primary argument advanced against Prop. 8 faces big hurdles in the court. Even the lawyers who are asking the court to declare Prop. 8 invalid because it is more like a constitutional revision - which would require approval by lawmakers as well as by voters - conceded, when asked by the court, that there is essentially no precedent in the court's history that directly...
...member E.U. and the 26-strong NATO. But she will undoubtedly use the occasion to soothe sensitivities and reassure her hosts that the U.S. still considers Europe a vital ally in all manner of foreign policy challenges. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Clinton's arrival on Thursday was widely welcomed. "We can assume there will be a new breeze going through NATO and a new mood of cooperation," he said. "We will need that because the challenges are not getting any easier." (See pictures of people around the world watching Obama's Inauguration...
Western aid groups in Darfur were forced to close clinics and put off a meningitis vaccination campaign Thursday because of the Sudanese government's decision to revoke their registration hours after President Omar al-Bashir was made the target of an international arrest warrant...
...Thursday, the government announced it was expelling three more groups. Most of the aid organizations worked in Darfur, providing things such as water, proper sanitation, food and medical assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in the troubled region. The groups say they have no clear idea why they had been targeted, and their aid efforts in the autonomous region of South Sudan have not been affected. "We've actually received no official reason or explanation," said Kurt Tjossem, Regional Director for the Horn and East Africa at the International Rescue Committee. "We did ask them on what grounds...