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A Problem Like Marianew
Sen. Maria Cantwell's anti-Alito-filibuster vote has pissed off a lot of progressives -- but what did they expect?
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
02-15-2006 |
Politics
Legislator in Chief?new
President Bush has been quietly using "signing statements" to reinterpret the meanings of laws after the fact -- or say he doesn't have to follow them.
A Question of Presidential Powernew

The Alito vote once again raises the specter of an unchecked White House.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
01-24-2006 |
Politics
Catholics on the Court
Could Samuel Alito’s legal perspectives be explained by his culture of Catholicism?
The Inlander |
Robert Herold |
01-18-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: Alito, Bush appointees
Law Unto Themselvesnew
Supreme Court decisions are the highest form of "because I said so" in jurisprudence.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-16-2005 |
Commentary