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Republican Record: Civil rights
When the Civil Rights Act of 1964 came to a vote, Republicans were more likely than Democrats to support the legislation. The bill received aye votes from 80 percent of the Republicans in the House and 82 percent of Republicans in the Senate. Democratic percentages were 61 percent and 69 percent in the respective chambers.
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Press Freedom: Unprecedented
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals here in Richmond recently heard a case with the potential to reshape the law governing reporters' confidential sources. The case, concerning a former CIA officer who is accused of leaking secrets about a covert operation against Iran, asks whether New York Times reporter James Risen can be forced to identify his sources in the course of a criminal trial.
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Thorne-Begland and the Mishnory Road
As a rule, appointments to state general district courts do not make national headlines. So the nationwide uproar that ensued last week when the Virginia General Assembly shot down the nomination of Tracy Thorne-Begland because he is gay has the look about it of a watershed moment. The question now is whether the lesson drawn will be narrow or broad.
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Katz: War on terror after Iraq and Afghanistan
On Sept. 11, 2011, the War on Terror entered its second decade. Despite the death of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011, the War on Terror continues — with no end in sight.
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Loving: JPMorgan scandal did not have to happen
The trading scandal at JPMorgan Chase is a unique example of how times have changed since the 1970s. The scandal came about because of a serious erosion in the values and standard of ethics that used to prevail in America.
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Politics: Heads they win...
The word "contemptible" ought to be used sparingly in politics. But the Obama administration's latest maneuver merits the term.
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Judiciary: Good news
Largely lost in the furor over the General Assembly's small-minded spiking of Tracy Thorne-Begland's nomination to the district-court bench is a bit of good news: The lawmakers did fill a dozen open seats on the Richmond-area bench and nearly two dozen more around the state.
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Economics: Damned if they do...
In April, ExxonMobil announced huge profits. Progressives were outraged.
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Marcus: Freedom from our own devices
Google executive Eric Schmidt offered some seemingly simple advice in his commencement address at Boston University last weekend: "Take one hour a day and turn that thing off."
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Will: The diversity of Elizabeth Warren
Blonde, blue-eyed Elizabeth Warren, the Senate candidate and Harvard professor who cites "family lore" that she is 1/32nd Cherokee, was inducted into Oklahoma's Hall of Fame last year. Her biography on oklahomaheritage.com says she "can track both sides of her family in Oklahoma long before statehood" (1907) and "she proudly tells everyone she encounters that she is 'an Okie to my toes.' " It does not mention any Cherokee great-great-great-grandmother. A DVD of the induction ceremony shows that neither Warren nor anyone else mentioned this.
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Religious Liberty: To court
It probably was inevitable that the courts would have to adjudicate the dispute between Catholic institutions and the Obama administration.
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Opera News: Boo
Opera News covers the art suggested by its title. The Metropolitan Opera Guild publishes the magazine.
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