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Feisty one lays it on the line to Americans

…the right to meet and discuss, to organize and act, and to have access to a fair system of laws and judicial courts. These three practical steps are the focus…

On the Deterrence Value of the Death Penalty

…in the United States and Canada, and within the United States, between executing and non-executing states. We analyze the effects of the judicial experiments provided by the Furman and Gregg…

More on NAFTA and Mexico

…and exports have stagnated. In this paper we argue that the lack of spectacular growth in Mexico… [is due to] the lack of further judicial and structural reform after 1995……

Whistling in the Dark

…Snowe. I’m sure you’re right that Specter will not hesitate to express his own opinion about judicial nominees. And socially liberal Republicans still have some influence over the party. Kash…

Aschroft Blasts Judges for Doing Their Job

…blasted “activist” judges for encroaching on the powers that he insists belong solely to the president in wartime. Article III of the U.S. Constitution reads: The judicial Power of the…

Reason #3 to Vote for Kerry: Democracy

…be ended or amended in coming years) are things that the Bush administration has done without any legislative (or, in many cases, judicial) approval. Government transparency: The Bush administration has…

…his experience and multilateral appeal could add a lot of value yet he would have little purview over areas where his conservative views would be problematic (e.g., judicial appointments.) AB…

…that the number of executive and legislative branch employees fell from 1985 to 2000; the number of judicial branch employees actually increased. Because the executive branch employs by far the…

…heavy cost,” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote in a letter to Bush dated Friday. The quasi-judicial U.S. International Trade Commission “estimates that the steel safeguard tariffs have…