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    Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Rand Paul's filibuster worked

    Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul got a lot of attention Wednesday for mounting an honest-to-God filibuster of President Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director, John Brennan. The nation's political class marveled at his real-life Mr. Smith act, the funny stuff his...

    Tags: Eric Holder, Elections, Anwar al-Awlaki, Military Justice, Laws

    2. Mar 26, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  2. Great moments in homina homina homina!

    Change of Subject
    Attorney Charles J. Cooper offers a lame, confused response in the Supreme Court today to the question of, if procreation is to integral to marriage, why do we let prisoners and the elderly marry? JUSTICE BREYER: What precisely is the......
    3. Mar 27, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  3. Same-sex marriage can't be stopped by courts

    WASHINGTON -- To see the future of gay marriage, you didn't have to set foot in the Supreme Court chamber Tuesday morning as the justices took up the first of two landmark cases on the issue.
    WASHINGTON -- To see the future of gay marriage, you didn't have to set foot in the Supreme Court chamber Tuesday morning as the justices took up the first of two landmark cases on the issue. You needed only to stand in the plaza in front of the court...

    Tags: George W. Bush, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Barack Obama, Defense of Marriage Act

    4. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  4. Excerpts of Tuesday's gay marriage case at high court

    Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court:
    Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court: ___ On whether the case should be before them (Chief Justice John Roberts and...

    Tags: Judges, Trials, Customs and Tradition, Same-Sex Marriage, Elena Kagan

    5. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Prop. 8: Justice Kagan cuts to the injustice of gay marriage ban

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    Gotta hand it to Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. Tuesday morning she interrupted Charles J. Cooper, the attorney representing the anti-gay marriage side in the court’s hearing on California’s Proposition 8. She cut through the legal...

    Tags: Social Issues, Family, Anthony Kennedy, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage

    6. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  6. Pope shows lifetime jobs aren't always for life

    The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a culture of constant communication and change.
    The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a...

    Tags: Robert Byrd, Federal Reserve, Alzheimer's Disease, Elections, John Paul Stevens

    7. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Essie Mae Washington-Williams dies at 87; black daughter of segregationist Strom Thurmond

    A week before Christmas in 2003, a retired Los Angeles schoolteacher stood before a phalanx of news cameras and 250 reporters in a South Carolina ballroom and declared, "I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free."
    A week before Christmas in 2003, a retired Los Angeles schoolteacher stood before a phalanx of news cameras and 250 reporters in a South Carolina ballroom and declared, "I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free." After more...

    Tags: Robert Byrd, Teachers, U.S. Army, CBS Corp., Government

    8. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Senate approves limits on the filibuster rule to speed debate

    WASHINGTON – The Senate approved rules changes Thursday that will limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill.
    WASHINGTON – The Senate approved rules changes Thursday that will limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill. The deal, between Senate Majority Leader Harry...

    Tags: Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, Elections, George W. Bush, Barack Obama

    9. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Filibuster agreement expected for vote late Thursday

    WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders reached a tentative agreement Thursday for rules changes that would limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill.
    WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders reached a tentative agreement Thursday for rules changes that would limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill.   The deal, between Senate...

    Tags: Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, Elections, George W. Bush, Barack Obama

    10. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Modest filibuster changes taking shape in Senate

    WASHINGTON — Hopes dimmed Thursday for vast rules changes in the Senate to limit the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill. Senators, mostly liberal Democrats, had sought to...

    Tags: Mitch McConnell, Republican Party, Elections, George W. Bush, Parties and Movements

    11. Nov 25, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Senate filibuster in need of reform

    The principle of the filibuster is a sound one: Any member of the U.S. Senate may speak for any length of time, so a senator who is fiercely determined to oppose a bill may command the podium and stop other business in order to make a point of grave importance.
    The principle of the filibuster is a sound one: Any member of the U.S. Senate may speak for any length of time, so a senator who is fiercely determined to oppose a bill may command the podium and stop other business in order to make a point of grave...

    Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Elections, U.S. House of Representatives, Civil Rights

    12. Nov 20, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  12. An end is in sight to the endless stories about endless debates

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    Don’t stop me if you’ve heard this before. Because you probably have. There’s a move afoot in the U.S. Senate to reform the filibuster. But this time — No, really, wait! Don’t leave! — this time, it might actually...
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In 2003 the retired L.A. schoolteacher unburdened herse...
(February 9, 2013)
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial daughter of...
(February 4, 2013)
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
Mary Ann Fischer shakes hands with the late Senator Str...
(December 10, 2012)