By: Carrie Budoff, The Politico
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) plans to review the Senate testimony of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel A. Alito to determine if their reversal of several long-standing opinions conflicts with promises they made to senators to win confirmation.
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Specter, who championed their confirmation, said Tuesday he will personally re-examine the testimony to see if their actions in court match what they told the Senate. “There are things he has said, and I want to see how well he has complied with it,” Specter said, singling out Roberts.
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Associated Press More than 3 million acres in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest would be open to logging under a federal plan that supporters believe will revive the state’s struggling timber industry. Environmentalists, however, fear that the proposal will devastate the forest. The Bush administration released Friday a management plan for the forest, the largest in…
AFP Published: Friday April 6, 2007 Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Friday that Saudi’s King Abdullah was “mistaken” when he questioned the legality of the US military presence in Iraq and should “correct” his controversial remarks on the matter. “With all due respect to the King, it’s a mistake to…
From Rep. Wasserman Schultz’s Website… ——————— “Impeachment is the most severe action that the Congress can take against the Executive Branch and the consideration of articles of impeachment must not be taken lightly. The charges outlined in H.Res. 333 calling for the impeachment of Vice-President Cheney are serious and deserve more than an hour of…
Nick Juliano, Raw Story House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has so far refused calls from some congressional Democrats to begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. While Pelosi tours New Orleans Tuesday morning, a group of pro-impeachment activists is planning on trailing the top House Democrat with a flying banner urging her…
Alternet posted March 1, 2007. by Kim Sengupta and Patrick Cockburn, The Independent UK. It’s official: A new report shows that the U.S. has made the world more dangerous — not just for Americans, but for everyone. Innocent people across the world are now paying the price of the “Iraq effect,” with the loss of…
Just in from a friend of IFP: IMPEACHMENT WINS IN TAMPA BAY NEWS 9 POLL!! 52% for impeaching Cheney, 47% against. http://www.baynews9.com/Vote.cfm?EVENT=Vote&pollid=517&action=results (NOTE: Here’s an example of how we’re rallying the troops in Tampa/St. Pete… a generic email that went out to several hundred on my list, plus forewards to thousands more…) Read em and…
