Bipartisan Committee Pushes To Change Voter Registration
A bipartisan group is looking to restructure the way Americans register to vote. The Committee to Modernize Voter Registration is pushing for an automated registration system, the New York Times reported. The two chairmen of the effort, Trevor Potter and Marc Elias, said they've seen the need for a reformed system. Potter worked on John McCain's presidential campaign; Elias is a lawyer who has worked as a lead attorney for Minnesota Sen. Al Franken. "Throughout our campaign work, we saw firsthand the inefficiency and needless expense in our paper-based registration system," Potter said in a ...
Montana Supreme Court to Hear Assisted-Suicide Case
The Montana Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow in an assisted-suicide case that could make Montana the first state to enshrine medical aid in dying as a constitutional right. The seven-member Supreme Court will review a lower court ruling in December that physicians can hasten a terminally ill patient's death. That decision came on the same day that the plaintiff in the case, a 76-year-old truck driver suffering from leukemia, died. The truck driver had claimed that a doctor's refusal to help him die violated his rights under the Montana constitution. Washington and Oregon allow ...
FOIA Reveals Details of CIA's Secret Prisons
Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the government last week released declassified files revealing insight to the CIA's interrogation methods under the Bush administration. The Los Angeles Times reported on the CIA's policy of subjecting each prisoner to harsh treatment so that he would "perceive and value his personal welfare, comfort and immediate needs more than the information he is protecting." A day in the life of a prisoner at these interrogation sites is outlined in the documents. The New York Times reported more than 100 prisoners passed through the program, including three who ...
Sarah Palin to Speak at Investment Forum in Hong Kong
Sarah Palin, who was criticized during the presidential campaign for her lack of experience in international affairs, will make her first trip to Asia next month. John McCain's former running mate will speak at the CLSA Investors Forum in Hong Kong -- perhaps an irony, as critics also said Palin was not very savvy in economics either. CLSA is the leading independent investment group in Asia, and past speakers at the forum have had very high profiles, including Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Alan Greenspan and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu. A source explained the organization's thinking to ...
Bill Richardson Cleared in Federal Probe
No criminal charges will be filed against New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who had been accused of steering state contracts to political supporters. The former presidential candidate, who has been under investigation since last year, has denied the allegations. A source tells the Associated Press that high-ranking Justice Department officials will absolve Richardson: "It's over. There's nothing. It was killed in Washington." Richardson's hopes of becoming secretary of commerce in the Obama administration were dashed when the investigation was first made public. He withdrew his name from ...
Rep. Michele Bachmann Urges Prayer and Fasting to Defeat Health Care Reform
During a recent telephone conference call , Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) spoke out against President Obama's health care reforms and asked her supporters to take action. ...
Charles Schumer Leans Toward Democrat-Only Health Care Solution
Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) said time is running short for the Senate to get a health-care reform bill passed and signed into law by the end of the year. Given the difficulties negotiating a bipartisan bill, Schumer said he'd rather ditch efforts to win GOP votes. ...
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