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Entries Tagged as 'Supreme Court'

News Roundup: Back Alley Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 19th, 2007 at 6:34 am

Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on abortion makes no exception for women whose health is in danger. This DKos diary, “5 out of 9 SCOTUS justices say my mom should be dead,” describes in vivid personal terms how a late-term abortion saved the life of the writer’s mother, and how this new ruling means that a […]

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News Roundup: Amber Waves of Tainted Grain Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 4th, 2007 at 5:00 am

Bush thinks he has the right to “attach conditions” to the Supreme Court’s ruling on greenhouse gases.
Bush also said China and India must get on board the international effort to combat global warming.
“Unless there is an accord with China,” he said, “China will produce greenhouse gases that will offset anything we do in a brief […]

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News Roundup: Supreme Court, Python,
and Gromit Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 2nd, 2007 at 3:15 pm

The Supreme Court rules that the EPA has the authority — and the responsibility — to regulate greenhouse gases. Carl Pope of The Sierra Club says: “Today’s ruling is a watershed moment in the fight against global warming … The ruling is a total rejection of the Bush administration’s refusal to use its existing authority […]

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