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The corporate twist on election spending
March 17, 2010Maryland Sens. Brian Frosh (D) and Jamie Raskin (D) suggest that "States can limit corporate and union spending on elections" [op-ed, March 13]. Specifically, they recommend legislation that would, in part, require that "corporate executives or union leaders seeking to make political campaign expenditures first obtain a majority vote of shareholders or union members . . . , which would guarantee that the move would reflect the will of shareholders or union members."
Data show surge in consumer cases in fiscal 2009
March 17, 2010WASHINGTON -- The number of new cases in federal courts related to consumer issues surged in the year ended last Sept. 30 as Americans battered by the recession fought foreclosures and downgraded debt ratings, data released Tuesday show.
Killer executed after Allen rejects plea
March 17, 2010JARRATT, VA., JAN. 4 -- A man who stopped a passing motorist, stole his car and killed him with a hunting knife was executed by injection tonight, becoming the fourth condemned murderer put to death in Virginia in the last three months.
Ohio executes inmate who killed neighbor in 1994
March 17, 2010 LUCASVILLE, Ohio -- A death row inmate who tried to kill himself last week by overdosing on pills as his legal challenges dried up was executed Tuesday for robbing and strangling his neighbor in 1994.
National Digest: Stevens weighs summer retirement from Supreme Court
March 17, 2010
Wife of Justice Thomas starts group for 'citizen activists'
March 17, 2010Into the heightened political atmosphere between the Supreme Court and the Obama administration comes now Virginia Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, who is founder of a new nonprofit lobbying and political-organizing group catering to the "citizen activists" of the "tea party" movement.
New hope for the District's school voucher program
March 17, 2010THE D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program may finally get the attention it is due on the floor of the Senate. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) plans to offer an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that would continue federally funded vouchers for low-income students attending private schools in Washington. This could well be the program's last chance, so it is time to separate fact from fiction about this important initiative.
Stevens considers retiring from Supreme Court
March 17, 2010 WASHINGTON -- Justice John Paul Stevens, at 89 the Supreme Court's oldest member, says he will decide in the next month or so whether this term will be his last.
Feds urge judge not to delay Blagojevich trial
March 17, 2010CHICAGO -- Prosecutors urged a federal judge Monday to turn down ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's request to delay his corruption trial, saying public interest in the case warrants a speedy resolution.
Supreme debate: Obama vs. Roberts
March 17, 2010It's not every day that our readers feel so strongly about an article that they file almost 1,500 comments, but that's what's happened as they debate the State of the Union dust-up between President Obama and the Supreme Court over its 5-4 ruling that corporations and unions have a First Amendment right to spend freely on political ads for and against specific candidates. Many, including the President, have been horrified by the January ruling and the money it potentially frees for campaign advertising. The issue was reignited when Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was asked in Alabama whether the State of the Union address was the "proper venue" for the president to criticize the Supreme Court. The chief justice's response was that the setting -- where the justices sit quietly while members of the president's party cheer -- was "troubling." A number of readers cheer Obama and castigate both
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