... . So flash forward to 2009 and the GOP - let alone conservative GOP-sters - have virtually no power in Federal politics. The Democrats can ram through almost anything they want. And yet, owing to some decent-to-good GOP defense and a Democratic caucus so large *it* now has conservatives, the nation is most likely going to ...

Article: Federal Court Bans South Carolina Christian License Plate A US District Court judge ruled last week that the state of South Carolina violated the federal Constitution when it allowed drivers to choose a Christian-themed license plate last year. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie issued a scathing decision prohibiting the state from going forward with the plate's production. "This ...

... The strongly independent pre selectors resented the federal Liberal party’s effort to “parachute ... Party and their corporate backers. The sands of Australian politics have been shifting for a while now, with the demise of the Australian Democrats and the rise of ... form. Alex Schlotzer is a straight talker when it comes to politics and loves to vent his spleen. He is actively involved in ...

... , please don't take a break after dealing with health care - the Federal Reserve is doing its part but you still have a lot of work to do. And please, please, don't whine about how difficult the politics are. If you can't convince Congressmen to vote for more spending in their districts in an election year then you should just ...

... as "The inside story of the issue, the people and politics that threaten to tear apart the once powerful Federal Coalition". You can read a full transcript of ... a remarkable claim, and one that is based on a fantasy and a penchant for the game of politics, He may not believe what he says - but is certainly trying the "frame the debate" so that those calling for urgent action on ...

... old Confederate states. The Republican Party had its prize and its nominees dominated the federal judiciary for decades. And so for the Democrats when Franklin D. Roosevelt named 8 Supreme Court Justices. ... his predecessors have done throughout history. Stanley Kutler is the author of Judicial Power and Reconstruction Politics, and other writings. More on Barack Obama