Category Archives: Legal

Lawmakers approve same-sex marriage in N.H., Maine

By doris | Published: May 7, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed his state’s same-sex marriage bill less than an hour after the legislature approved it. “I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage,” Baldacci, a [...]

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Analysis: Obama-China relations off to rocky start

By doris | Published: January 30, 2009

Full Story At Yahoo! News WASHINGTON – China recently surpassed Japan as the U.S. government’s largest creditor. Any decision by Beijing to move its money would deal a dizzying new blow to an already tottering American economy. Yet relations between China and the new Obama administration are off to a rocky start. For now, Beijing [...]

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Obama wants to invoke God during inauguration oath

By doris | Published: January 10, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama will invoke God when he takes the oath of office January 20, despite a lawsuit filed by atheist and non-religious groups, according to an attorney for Chief Justice John Roberts, who will administer the oathThe groups have sued in federal court to block any mention [...]

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Axelrod Puts Stimulus Plan at $675 Billion to $775 Billion

By doris | Published: December 29, 2008

Full Story At NYTimes.com The last Sunday of the year was a quiet one on the network’s morning talk shows, with David Axelrod, President-elect Barack Obama’s political adviser, looking ahead to the new administration while Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reflected on the past eight years. In addition, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi [...]

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Bush Revokes Pardon For NYC Developer

By doris | Published: December 25, 2008

Full Story At CBS News (CBS/ AP) President Bush took the very rare step Wednesday of revoking a pardon he had granted only a day before, after learning in news reports of political contributions to Republicans by the man’s father and other information. Mr. Bush pardoned 19 people on Tuesday, including Isaac Robert Toussie of [...]

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