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...conservative condemnation of judicial activism in the arena of gay rights, legislative action would have been an especially powerful testament to the shift in culture. The handful of other states that have made progress on the issue of gay marriage have all done so through judicial recourse—Vermont and Massachusetts being notable examples. But conservative opponents have lambasted such rulings as undemocratic legislation from the bench. Had the New Jersey legislature acted promptly, no such attack could have been launched against this measure. Instead, its inaction forced the issue before the bench, which yielded a decision that stands...
Morgan Quitno Press prints a series of annual reports rating states and metropolitan areas. Earlier last month, it bestowed its “Smartest State Award” upon Vermont. Massachusetts placed second...
...states to disenfranchise felons - the U.S. Constitution says so. (OK, not in so many words, but that's how the Supreme Court reads section two of the 14th Amendment.) Forty-eight states prohibit current inmates from voting, 36 keep parolees from the polls, 31 exclude probationers, and only two - Vermont and Maine - allow inmates to vote, according to the Sentencing Project, a liberal advocacy group in Washington...
Could it be that Howard Dean is really a savvy political strategist? For the past two years, the former Vermont Governor and 2004 presidential candidate has been flying off to Democrat-scarce zones like Mississippi, giving local party officials $8 million to carry out his controversial "50-state strategy." The Democratic National Committee chairman argues that if the Democrats want to win presidential elections, they need to spend to build strong state parties across the country rather than pump all their cash into swing states like Ohio. Other top officials, led by Illinois Representative Rahm Emanuel, the man in charge...
...team beat out Connecticut College, the University of Vermont, Bowdoin College, and Roger Williams University in the competition...