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Overrule the Supreme Court on campaign finance reform
Democracy has been called a government of laws, not of men; but who makes the laws that govern democracy? Not you, me, or our fellow citizens — at least, not according to the five-justice conservative majority on the Supreme Court, who continue to...Tags: Arizona, Local Government, Elections, Litigation and Regulation, University of Baltimore
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Commentary: Are baby boomers to blame for broken government?
CNN ContributorCould it be that the reason our government is broken is because of which generation is running things? Authors Morley Winograd and Michael Hais think so, insisting that the problem is that power is now firmly in the hands of self-righteous baby boomers...Tags: Values, Al Gore, Laws, CNN (tv network), Elections
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NCCU Law Center Nixed Amid Donor Concerns
Associated PressAn offer to establish a constitutional law center at North Carolina Central University law school has been withdrawn after some faculty and alumni expressed concern that $600,000 in startup funds would come from a major financial backer of conservative...Tags: Justice System, Elections, Education, North Carolina Central University, Politics
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John M. Wilson, geologist, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterJohn Mackenzie Wilson, who mapped the Eastern Shore for the Maryland Geological Survey, died of a lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, July 3 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Fells Point resident was 57. Born in Salisbury,...Tags: Career and Workplace, History, Elections, Science and Technology, Baltimore Museum of Art
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Third worker says she was harassed by Cain
Associated PressA third former employee considered filing a workplace complaint against Herman Cain over what she considered aggressive and unwanted behavior when she and Cain, now a Republican presidential candidate, worked together during the late 1990s, the woman told...Tags: Sexual Misconduct, Tea Party Movement, Executive Branch, Elections, Haley Barbour
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McManus: Doomsday doubters and the debt ceiling
President Obama says that if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling by Aug. 2, the consequences will be dire. A long list of economists and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce agree. Even the Republican leader in the U.S. Senate agrees. But there's also...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Ohio, Wages and Pensions, Career and Workplace, Ben Quayle
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Campaign signs lining many roads but many may be placed illegally
Multimedia JournalistOne of the realities of political campaigns in our times is campaign signs. They're everywhere; on poles and in yards; you simply can't miss them. The Virginia Department of Transportation has 8,000 miles of roadways, in our area. Besides mowing and...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Elections, Virginia Department of Transportation, Politics
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Obama's 2012 campaign seeing fewer Chicago bundlers
Prominent Chicago attorney John Schmidt has been a contributor to Barack Obama since he was just a state senator, but despite being a fundraiser for the 2008 presidential campaign, he won't play a similar role bundling cash for the re-election. "It's...Tags: Justice System, Real Estate, Local Government, Elections, Barack Obama
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Anti-gambling group urges Quinn to veto casino expansion
Clout StreetGambling opponents today called for Illinois to ban casino interests from making political campaign contributions and for Gov. Pat Quinn to veto a pending casino expansion bill. Common Cause, a government watchdog organization, released a report saying...Tags: Chicago, Elections, Executive Branch, Illinois, Pat Quinn
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Was Jon Huntsman campaigning while he was still ambassador?
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersIn Jon Huntsman's final weeks as ambassador to China, he stressed that he would not decide whether to run for president until he returned to the United States -- an important statement, because sitting ambassadors are prohibited from actively taking...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Values, Mitt Romney, Executive Branch, Elections
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Perdue's 'Fighter Image' Could Help Toward Re-election
Staff WriterGov. Beverly Perdue struggled to find her way politically in her first two years in office when she and fellow Democrats in the Legislature made unpopular decisions to cut spending and raise taxes while saddled with a free-falling economy. It led to...Tags: Justice System, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting
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Joyce Ward, preservationist, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterJoyce McCartney Ward, an activist in historic preservation causes who helped establish the Irish Shrine in Southwest Baltimore, died of cancer Aug. 4 at her Bolton Hill home. She was 81. Born in Baltimore City of Virginia parents, Harry and Lucille...Tags: Mount Royal, Federal Hill, Roman Catholicism, Baltimore County, Road Transportation
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