Supreme Court still resists pressure to televise proceedings
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 19th, 2010 4:39 am by HL
Supreme Court still resists pressure to televise proceedings
As two Supreme Court justices submitted to their annual, gentle congressional interrogation last week, it seemed for the briefest of moments that there might be movement on the most perennial of questions about the court: whether its proceedings will ever be televised.
Halter’s challenge energizes Lincoln’s Senate reelection campaign
When Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter announced on March 1 that he would enter the Democratic primary against Sen. Blanche Lincoln, many political observers viewed it as the beginning of the end for the incumbent.
Mine blast means new realities for West Virginia Democrats in Congress
In southern West Virginia, it used to look as if three Democrats, who have served in Washington for a combined 115 years, had figured out the delicate, occasionally violent politics of Appalachian coal.
Abortion rulings could bring scrutiny of possible Supreme Court pick Wood
CHICAGO — If President Obama nominates U.S. Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, social conservatives say they intend to make her rulings on abortion rights the primary point of contention.
