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With the country now poised for hearings on a Supreme Court nominee, and for boundless recrimination over the law of abortion, we propose to indulge in a little fantasy previously not allowed out o...
View ArticleRemembering Roe: The 31st anniversary of a landmark ruling
Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court opinion whose 31st anniversary falls on January 22, was not yet a decade old when I became pregnant. I was 17, living on my own, and the pregnancy was unwanted.
View ArticlePapers reveal Roe v. Wade almost overturned
As lawyers and court watchers have long suspected, the Supreme Court was ready to effectively overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion in 1992, but Justice Anthony M. Kennedy got...
View ArticleVatican cardinal fuels religious dispute
Just hours before Sen. John Kerry was scheduled to discuss his support for legalized abortion at a large women's rights rally Friday in Washington, a top Vatican cardinal called on priests to deny...
View ArticleMark Shields: Catholic contradictions and politics
To his mostly conservative admirers, U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pennsylvania, is admired for being candid in speech and rock solid on social issues. To his critics, mostly non-conservatives, Santorum...
View ArticleVatican: Bush wants bishops to back his agenda
President Bush has urged the Vatican to ask U.S. bishops to become more involved in promoting his conservative social agenda, a Vatican official told CNN on Monday.
View ArticleKerry: Bush's Vatican appeal 'inappropriate'
President Bush was out of line to ask the Vatican to get U.S. bishops more involved in promoting his conservative social agenda, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Tuesday.
View ArticleThe likely impact of the presidential election on the Supreme Court
During the 2000 presidential election, Democratic nominee Al Gore told voters that the choice between his candidacy and that of Republican George W. Bush would likely determine who named the next three...
View ArticleJudge: Late-term abortion ban unconstitutional
A U.S. judge Thursday became the second in the nation to rule that a federal ban on a particular type of late-term abortion is unconstitutional.
View ArticleCourt rejects motion to overturn Roe v. Wade
A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court dismissed a motion Tuesday from the original plaintiff in Roe v. Wade to have the landmark 1973 abortion case overturned, a court clerk said.
View ArticleHot-button legal issues at stake in election
The political stakes have made the issue of possible U.S. Supreme Court retirements part of the election-year rhetoric, thanks to aggressive outreach by a number of special-interest groups.
View ArticleConservative leader targets Specter
The head of a leading conservative group said Sunday that Sen. Arlen Specter "is a big-time problem" and that his quest to serve as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee "must be derailed."
View ArticleSpecter: 'I'm pro-choice ... But I don't make the decisions'
Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, an abortion-rights supporter in line to head the Senate Judiciary Committee, reiterated Monday that he would not hold up President Bush's judicial...
View ArticleRoemer lashes out in DNC chairman race
The campaign for Democratic chairman turned contentious over the weekend when Tim Roemer lashed out at criticism of his views on abortion and accused opponents of negative campaigning.
View ArticleTough fight expected over O'Connor's successor
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's decision to retire unleashed a bipartisan wave of praise Friday on Capitol Hill that quickly gave way to jostling over her potential successor and the future of the U.S....
View ArticleAbortion rights groups gear up for battle over Court
Abortion rights groups jumped into action Friday immediately after Sandra Day O'Connor's resignation, saying her loss from the Supreme Court's bench puts women's reproductive rights in jeopardy and...
View ArticleThe mother of all political battles begins
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court sets up the mother of all political battles. Not to mention the political Play of the Week.
View ArticleScope of abortion rights up for grabs
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week ruled invalid a federal ban on a type of late-term abortion. But this development -- significant as it is -- may be nothing compared with what will occur...
View ArticleRoberts on the charm offensive
Supreme Court nominee John Roberts spent a second day Thursday visiting senators on Capitol Hill, where the contentiousness many expected to see over the first high court confirmation in 11 years was...
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