[Mb-civic] FW: Politics: Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Retires

Fri Jul 1 09:30:52 PDT 2005

YIKES!!!! This means W gets to nominate AT LEAST TWO new justices.
UGH!
Bill

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From: washingtonpost.com PoliticsDaily at letters.washingtonpost.com
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:26:13 EDT
To: swiggard at comcast.net
Subject: Politics: Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Retires

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Friday, July 1, 2005

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Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Retires - 
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W6RT04C61E169484CFB7F3C833F1B0 Sandra Day
O'Connor, the first woman Supreme 
Court justice and a decisive swing vote for a quarter-century on 
virtually all the major legal issues of our time, announced her 
resignation 
today.

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House Votes to Undercut High Court on Property - 
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W6RT04C61E268484CFB7F3C833F1B0 The House
voted yesterday to use the spending 
power of Congress to undermine a Supreme Court ruling allowing 
local governments to force the sale of private property for 
economic development purposes. Key members of the House and 
Senate vowed to take even broader steps soon. 

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Bush Pledges $1.2 Billion for Africa to Fight Malaria - 
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W6RT04C61E86B484CFB7F3C833F1B0 President
Bush announces a $1.7 billion aid 
package for Africa devoted primarily to combating malaria, 
unveiling the initiatives of an international summit dedicated 
to breaking the continent's perpetual cycle of poverty, disease 
and famine. 

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CAFTA Wins Approval From Senate - 
http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W6RT04C61E96A484CFB7F3C833F1B0 The Senate
approved the Central American Free 
Trade Agreement last night, giving momentum to one of the most 
hotly debated trade deals negotiated by Washington in years. 

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http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W6RT04C61E995484CFB7F3C833F1B0 Time
magazine yielded to a court order 
yesterday and agreed to turn over documents that identify a 
confidential source, a rare move by a major news organization 
that Time said it hopes will 
keep one of its reporters out of jail.

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