google.com - 2/5/2009
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In this Oct. 5, 2000 file photo, then-Assistant Attorney General Civil Division David Ogden speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Christian conservatives are challenging President Barack Obama's picks for top Justice Department positions, charging past clients ...
lefarkins.blogspot.com - 2/10/2009
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lefarkins.blogspot.com —
A couple of commenters in the previous thread
have asked about who I'd like to see chosen...
if (God forbid) Ginsburg is forced to leave the Court. I addressed this in a post a while back . I still like Kagan, but I assume Obama would want her to get ...
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Far-right targets DOJ nominees
Political Animal —
FAR-RIGHT TARGETS DOJ NOMINEES.... Some of President Obama's most impressive personnel moves have come at the Justice Department, most notably with some lower-profile offices, like the Office of Legal Counsel and the Solicitor General. The team Obama has put together couldn't represent a more thorough and encouraging break from the Bush era. Naturally, conservative activists are livid . Christian conservatives are challenging President Barack Obama's picks for top Justice Department positions, charging that past clients like Playboy taint their resumes. [...] As [A.G. Eric ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/5/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Christian Right Challenges Obama’s Justice Picks WASHINGTON (AP) — Christian conservatives are challenging President Barack Obama’s picks for top Justice Department positions, charging that past clients like Playboy taint their resumes. The criticism comes ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing Thursday for David Ogden, Obama’s pick for deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department. Obama’s attorney general, Eric Holder, was confirmed by the Senate on ...
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volokh.com 2/4/2009 — In the last few days, a number of conservative groups have tried to rally opposition to David Ogden, President Obama's nominee for Deputy Attorney General. In my view, their arguments are simply terrible. For example, at Heritage , Steven Groves notes that in successfully defending an inmate ...
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America Is Becoming Less Christian, Less Religious
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It's not 'anti-Christian'
washingtonmonthly.com 2/5/2009 — IT'S NOT 'ANTI-CHRISTIAN'.... As if it weren't enough to endure painfully inane stimulus arguments from the far-right, over the last couple of days, however, we've had to deal with fabricated culture-war nonsense, too. Indeed, this story offers a ...
Obama's Final Four picks revealed
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 3/18/2009 — (CNN) — President Obama's NCAA Men's basketball Final Four picks, unveiled Wednesday, reveals the nation's first hoops fan picked Big East powerhouses Louisville and Pittsburgh, along with Memphis and the University of North Carolina.
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Justice is served
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 2/6/2009 — This should be standard practice: The client class members were to receive only gift cards, not cash, in
the settlement with Windsor Fashions, a clothing retailer, so Los
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provide that ...
Obama overhauls faith-based agency —
CNN Political Ticker 2/5/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama will make changes Thursday to President Bush's controversial Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, partly to ensure religious groups that receive government money do not discriminate in hiring, ...
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