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Judicial Filibusters and Partisan Hypocrisy
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyRegardless of how it turns out, the confirmation battle over the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor has already highlighted one interesting phenomenon: Democrats and Republicans are swapping arguments. For example, as recently as 2002, Sen. Schumer was advocating judicial filibusters. In fact, he invented the "Schumer Rule" -- which The Hill defines as, "a tactic used by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) when he opposed judicial nominees because of legal or political ideology." (You might remember all the clamoring from Republicans that judges deserve a fair up or down vote -- well, that was in ...
Obama's Intellectually Dishonest Abortion Speech
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailySetting aside the question of whether or not President Barack Obama should have been invited to speak at Notre Dame, it is clear his abortion position that pro-Lifers and pro-Choicers should "work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies, and making adoption more available, and providing care and support for women who do carry their child to term" -- is disingenous.First, it is clear that, despite Obama's moderate-sounding rhetoric, he has aggressively sought to increase -- not decrease -- the number of abortions. According to the NYT, ...
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