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Will California’s LGBT-inclusive curricula promote safer schools?
California's Governor Jerry Brown signed the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act (FAIR Act) today, a landmark piece of legislation requiring the state’s public schools to include...
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More Than 50 Legal Academics Blast Obstruction of 7th Circuit Nomination
More and more Americans are fed up with freshman Senator Ron Johnson's single-handedly blocking the Senate from even considering the nomination of Victoria Nourse to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals....
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Mitt Romney: People Person?
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney turned a few heads on Thursday when he told an audience at the Iowa State Fair that “corporations are people.”Responding to a protestor who suggested that...
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Rick Perry: Uniting the Really Far Right and the Really, Really Far Right
Cross-posted from the Huffington PostTexas Gov. Rick Perry formally launched his presidential campaign last weekend, apparently hoping to upstage those competitors who were slugging it out in the Iowa...
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ACLU DNA, Lead Paint, and the Judges who Made it Through GOP Obstruction
As we like to remind anyone who will listen, the current GOP senate has been shameless in its enthusiasm for obstructing judicial nominees just for the sake of obstruction. For instance, a PFAW memo on...
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Mitt Romney Still Thinks Corporations are People. They Still Aren’t.
Campaigning in Florida today, Mitt Romney doubled down on his recent claim that “corporations are people”: Speaking to a town hall-style gathering at a Miami airport hotel, the former Massachusetts...
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Step back for ex-offender voting rights in Florida
Governor Scott’s reversal adds to voting rights woes in the Sunshine State.Teaser Image: Governor Scott’s reversal adds to voting rights woes in the Sunshine State. read more
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Grassley's Non-Response on Judicial Nominations
Chuck Grassley issues a misleading response to complaints about his obstruction of resident Obama's judicial nominees.Teaser Image: Chuck Grassley issues a misleading response to complaints about his...
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Still No Explanation From Grassley on Judiciary Committee Delays
This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved five nominees to serve on federal district courts in New York, California and Florida and on the US Court of International Trade. A week ago, Iowa...
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Obama Nominates Iowa’s First Ever Female Circuit Court Judge
The White House announced two new federal appeals court nominees today, Jane Kelly of Iowa to serve on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and Gregory Alan Phillips of Wyoming to serve on the Tenth...
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When the Judicial Nominations Process Works
The filling of an 8th Circuit vacancy is proceeding apace due to commitment and cooperation among the White House and both of Iowa's senators.Teaser Image: The filling of an 8th Circuit vacancy is...
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Senate Confirms Second Woman and First Ever Public Defender to Eighth Circuit
Yesterday, the Senate unanimously confirmed Iowa’s Jane Kelly to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Kelly, who currently serves as a federal public defender, becomes “only the second woman, and the...
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New Nominees Highlight Growing Diversity on the Courts
One of President Obama’s most important long-term achievements has been his concerted effort to bring qualified judicial nominees from a wide variety of backgrounds to the federal bench. 42 percent of...
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Iowa Senate Candidate Bruce Braley Stands Against Citizens United
The Democratic frontrunner in the 2014 Iowa Senate race, US Representative Bruce Braley (D-IA01), is placing the issue of money in politics front and center in his campaign.On Sunday, Representative...
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More Evidence that the 'Court Efficiency Act' Isn't So Efficient
Unable to come up with any legitimate reason to filibuster President Obama’s three nominees to the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Senate Republicans have landed on a not-so-convincing excuse:...
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