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VP Debate: Joe Biden on Judicial Philosophy

2008-11-23T14:48:18Z

Sen. Biden discusses the importance of knowing a judicial nominee's ideology and philosophy during the Vice Presidential Debate.

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The JCN's Million Dollar Campaign

2008-11-23T12:53:35Z

The Judicial Confirmation Network unveils its new million dollar ad campaign targeting Barack Obama on the issue of the Supreme Court by tying him to William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright.

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Re: Madeleine McCann - Sniffer Dogs detect scents

2008-10-31T03:31:16Z

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Sandra Day O'Connor on Activist Judges

2008-10-30T15:31:57Z

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Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor criticizes the idea of the "activist" judge, and argues for a wider separation between politics and the judiciary.

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Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the closing remarks at the 2008 Games for Change Festival. This program was recorded in collaboration with the New School.

The festival will explore real-world impact, the latest games and funding strategies. Expert practitioners -- academics, activists, non-profits, funders -- will be called in to examine the impact of current games, evaluations planned and the ongoing work to build the field - Games For Change

Sandra Day O'Connor (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in El Paso, Texas, March 26, 1930. She received her B.A. and LL.B. from Stanford University. She served as Deputy County Attorney of San Mateo County, California from 1952-1953 and as a civilian attorney for Quartermaster Market Center, Frankfurt, Germany from 1954-1957.

From 1958-1960, she practiced law in Maryvale, Arizona, and served as Assistant Attorney General of Arizona from 1965-1969. She was appointed to the Arizona State Senate in 1969 and was subsequently reelected to two two-year terms. In 1975 she was elected Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court and served until 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals.

President Reagan nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat September 25, 1981. Justice O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court on January 31, 2006.

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McCain: Town Hall 05/06/08

2008-10-26T21:29:47Z

John McCain
Town Hall
Winston-Salem, NC 05/06/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: My two prospective opponents and I have very different ideas, very different ideas about the nature and proper exercise of judicial power. We would nominate judges of a different kind, a different caliber, a different understanding of judicial authority and its limits. And the people of America, voters in both parties, whose wishes and convictions are so often disregarded by unelected judges, are entitled to know what those differences are.

LABEL: JM NC 5-6 (EW#7) JPRS -- Clip B

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McCain: Town Hall 05/06/08

2008-10-26T21:29:47Z

John McCain
Town Hall
Winston-Salem, NC 05/06/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: In the short hand of constitutional discourse, these abuses by the courts fall under the heading of judicial activism.

LABEL:JM NC 5-6 (EW#7) JPRS -- Clip C

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John McCain: Town Hall 05/06/08

2008-10-26T21:29:46Z

John McCain
Town Hall
Winston-Salem, NC 05/06/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: I have my own standards of judicial ability, experience, philosophy, and temperament. And Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito meet those standards in every respect. They would serve as the model, they would serve as the model for my own nominees if that responsibility falls to me.

LABEL: JM NC 5-6 (EW#7) JPRS -- Clip F

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John McCain: Town Hall 05/06/08

2008-10-26T21:29:46Z

John McCain
Town Hall
Winston-Salem, NC 05/06/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: I will look for accomplished men and women with a proven record of excellence in the law, and a proven commitment to judicial restraint. I will appoint people in the cast of Justice Roberts, Samuel Alito, my friend the late William Rehnquist, jurists of the highest caliber who know their own minds, and know the law, and know the difference. My nominees will know that there are clear limits to the scope of judicial power and clear limits to the scope of federal power. There will be men and women with experience and wisdom and the humility comes with both. They will do their work with impartiality, honor, and humanity, with an alert conscious, immune to flattery and fashionable theory, and faithful in all things to the Constitution of the United States.

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Inside Iraq - The Iraq's judicial process -07 June 08 Part 1

2008-10-19T21:30:53Z

Reconciliation is not easy in a place like Iraq.

The so-called 'de-Baathification' of Iraqi society following the American invasion, saw members of the former regime hunted down and excluded from any role in the post-Saddam era. The efforts to bring justice culminated on December 30th, 2006 in the hanging of Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president.

Amnesty and leniency remains in short supply when it comes to other Saddam's former aides.

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Inside Iraq - Iraq's judicial process - 07 June 08 - Part2

2008-10-19T21:30:53Z

Reconciliation is not easy in a place like Iraq.

Amnesty and leniency remains in short supply when it comes to other Saddam's former aides.

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Venezuela Law Asks Judiciary to Answer to Gov't

2008-11-20T15:39:07Z

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has enacted a new 'spy' law that opposition groups claim will threaten judicial independence. In December of 2006, 54% of Venezuelans surveyed said they had confidence in their judicial system.

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Anthony Lewis - Who are the "Activist Judges?"

2008-10-15T15:30:35Z

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New York Times Op-Ed columnist Anthony Lewis criticizes use of the term "activist judges."

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The First Amendment: Defending Thought That We Hate with Anthony Lewis.

The First Amendment ensures that all Americans have the right to free speech, but it was only in the 20th century that the Supreme Court began to consistently enforce this basic freedom. A renowned author and literary critic, Lewis will explore how the First Amendment came to represent what it does today, taking a close look at how the courts, public opinion and the political will of the time have influenced its significance over the course of our country's development - The Commonwealth Club of California

Anthony Lewis, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is a columnist for The New York Times. His column, which appears on the Op-Ed page, is called Abroad at Home. Residing in Boston, he travels widely in this country and abroad. Prior to becoming a columnist he was based in Washington, D.C., covering the Supreme Court, and in London as its bureau chief.

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Gallup Glance Around the Globe

2008-11-21T00:24:47Z

Data-driven insights into how Americans view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the appointment of a female judicial assistant in Egypt, the future of the Unites States economy, and government corruption in South Korea.

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Mexicans Likely to Welcome Judicial Reform

2008-11-21T00:43:14Z

Judicial reforms Mexico's Congress is now debating are likely to be well-received by the Mexican people. When Gallup polled in Mexico in 2007, slightly more than a third of Mexicans surveyed expressed confidence in their country's judicial system.

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John Roberts on the Most Insignificant Justice Ever

2008-10-26T03:31:12Z

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Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts discusses Gabriel Duval, the man considered by many to be the most historically insignificant Supreme Court Justice of all time.

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States John Roberts delivers the Seventh Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture to The Federalist Society.

On September 11, 2001, at the age of 45 and at the height of her professional and personal life, Barbara Olson was murdered in the terrorist attacks against the United States as a passenger on the hijacked American Airlines flight that was flown into the Pentagon. The Federalist Society established this annual lecture in Barbara's memory because of her enormous contributions as an active member, supporter, and volunteer leader. Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson delivered the first lecture in November 2001. The lecture series continued in following years with other notable individuals. - The Federalist Society

John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979.

He served as a law clerk for Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979-1980 and as a law clerk for then Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1980 Term.

He was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1981-1982, Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel's Office from 1982-1986, and Principal Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1989-1993.

From 1986-1989 and 1993-2003, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003.

President George W. Bush nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States, and he took his seat on September 29, 2005.

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Stephen Breyer - The Supreme Court During Wartime

2008-10-18T03:30:41Z

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer discusses the responsibilities of the Judiciary during wartime.

This excerpt is taken from a Stanford University roundtable discussion entitled "Courting Disaster: The Fight for Oil, Water and a Healthy Planet," featuring panelists John Abizaid, Thomas L. Friedman, Stephen Breyer, and others.

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"Courting Disaster: The Fight for Oil, Water and a Healthy Planet."

Stanford President John Hennessy, journalist Carlos Watson, and a panel of leading figures in international affairs, energy development, media, and government joined an audience of more than 5,500 people in Maples Pavilion for the second annual Roundtable at Stanford University.

The wide-ranging discussion covered issues such as America's role in the world, the war in Iraq and unrest in the Middle East, terrorism and nuclear proliferation, the upcoming presidential election and climate change. -- Stanford University

Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, was born in San Francisco, California, August 15, 1938.

He received an A.B. from Stanford University, a B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur Goldberg of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1964 Term, as a Special Assistant to the Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Antitrust, 1965-1967, as an Assistant Special Prosecutor of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973, as Special Counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1974-1975, and as Chief Counsel of the committee, 1979-1980.

He was an Assistant Professor, Professor of Law, and Lecturer at Harvard Law School, 1967-1994, a Professor at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 1977-1980, and a Visiting Professor at the College of Law, Sydney, Australia and at the University of Rome.

From 1980-1990, he served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and as its Chief Judge, 1990-1994. He also served as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-1994, and of the United States Sentencing Commission, 1985-1989.

President Clinton nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat August 3, 1994.

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Inside Story-Olmert questioned by police- 09 Oct 07- Part 1

2008-10-23T15:31:22Z

Israeli PM investigated over the privatisation of the country's second-largest bank.

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Inside Story-Olmert questioned by police- 09 Oct 07- Part 2

2008-10-23T15:31:27Z

Israeli PM investigated over the privatisation of the country's second-largest bank.

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The Gallup Poll: Branch Approval

2008-10-15T09:30:09Z

Gallup looks at American opinion on each of the three branches of the U.S. government.

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Prosecutors & Politicians: Bush Dismisses US Attorneys

2008-10-15T21:30:53Z

Center for American Progress Senior Fellow and Constitutional scholar Mark Agrast says that seven United States Attorneys have been dismissed or asked to leave their posts -- including several prosecutors who have been actively investigating politically sensitive cases involving government corruption or politically connected figures.
These dismissals are legal - US attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President - but several of their replacements are highly questionable and their installation has been made possible by a loophole in the Patriot Act that for the first time allows the Justice Department to appoint replacements without Senate approval. A practice Agrast warns could be a dangerous turning point for the judicial system.

For more on this issue please see Mark's column here: www.americanprogress.org

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US Attorneys Quit on Bush Appointee in Minnesota - Olbermann

2008-10-16T03:29:53Z

Center for American Progress Research Director Faiz Shakir joined MSNBC's Keith Olbermann to discuss four senior members of the US Attorney's office in Minnesota who demoted themselves in protest to the behavior of the new US Attorney, 33 year old Bush appointee, Rachel Paulose.

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Fox and Friends Spin Anna Diggs Taylor

2008-10-16T21:29:53Z

"Fair and Balanced" Fox News Channel presents but one side of a story critical of Judge Anna Diggs Taylor who ruled against the Bush administration's NSA wiretapping program.

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