Word: upholding
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...Since he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 to replace Justice William Brennan, Souter, to the disappointment of conservatives, has proven to be a reliable liberal vote on the court. In 1992, he voted to uphold Roe v. Wade in Planned Parenthood v. Casey and ruled against prayer in schools in Lee v. Weisman. In 2000, he was among the four justices to side with former Vice President Al Gore ’69 in Bush v. Gore. Although his departure is unlikely to upset the court’s ideological status quo?...
Stein omits an extremely important point from his debate about whether to circumcise his son: Jews, for almost all their history, have suffered persecution and died for the sole purpose of making sure that their descendants could uphold their traditions, including circumcision. By even entertaining thoughts of leaving his son intact, he pays the ultimate disrespect to his Jewish identity, something that has been desperately fought for and preserved for millenniums. Jonathan Nathan, NEW YORK CITY...
...Harman agreed to try to influence an ongoing criminal investigation in return for help securing a committee chairmanship, her conduct not only violates federal law and House rules, but also her oath to uphold the Constitution." -Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, on the allegations Harman faces. (Roll Call, April...
...drafted the legal opinions justifying such questionable techniques could end up facing charges. The surprising statement marked just the latest step in Obama's evolving view of the Bush Administration's handling of terrorism cases, and it underscored the fine line he is navigating in his stated commitments to uphold the rule of law and at the same time move beyond the divisive Bush years...
...order to uphold the rule of law, President Obama must immediately appoint a special prosecutor to investigate violations of both American and international law. Shielding those who perpetrated this American torture regime from investigation and prosecution—or, in the case of Jay Bybee, currently serve on the federal bench—would be a grave miscarriage of justice...