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August 2007 - Posts
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The Next 25 Years: The new Supreme Court and what it means for Americans by Martin Garbus predicts in great and gory detail just how bleak the constitutional landscape will become during the coming quarter-century. Barring an untimely death or serious illness, the right should continue to prevail for the next decade or two on most constitutional issues.
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When globe-trotting financiers pay a lower rate of tax on their income than their secretaries and the government doesn't even raise an eyebrow, even the most even-tempered person can find themselves screaming at his television. Despite all the attention they receive, corporate tax shelters make up $15 billion of the $350 billion in taxes that go unpaid every year.
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Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 is the lesson the court gave us on candor.
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Washington Post column. Underlying the controversy is not only a dispute about whether décolletage in a political setting is a legitimate subject of news analysis, but gender bias and how much it matters on issues of appearance.
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The just-ended term of the U.S. Supreme Court demonstrates the powerful effect of the two Bush appointments as major 5-4 opinions begin to reshape American constitutional law over the protests of court liberals and centrists. So far, those opinions have only cautiously overruled precedent. As the new majority consolidates, it is likely that this caution will evaporate and that numerous landmark decisions will not just be gutted, but will fall before the activist axe.
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The mega-ships that transport containers to and from U.S. shores each year enable a global economy in trade and commerce they also may enable terrorists to conceal and detonate a weapon of mass destruction.
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Economic conditions in the developing world continue to spur immigration regardless of whether we build a border fence, increase the number of Border Patrol agents or adopt a guest worker program. No immigration policy can succeed without addressing the state of the Mexican economy.
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As dog-fighting defendant and football quarterback Michael Vick is learning, scrambling away from the feds becomes even tougher when they play "Let's Make A Deal" with a co-defendant who agrees to testify as a prosecution witness. The cooperating witness' art of turning state's evidence has a rich history, ranging from the Salem Witch Trials to Jack Abramoff.
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The human rights crimes by thugs like Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosevic and Charles Taylor will always be more terrible than the punishments that any civilized tribunal can impose on them. But that's the central point of human rights in the modern world.
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Discriminating against employees based on gender identity or expression will be illegal in twelve states by Jan. 1, 2008. But state lawmakers cannot magically elimate workplace discrimination, whether for gender identity or some other protected category. The trick will be getting employers to comply.
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