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Catherine Poe Ask me a question. WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 — Something awful happened on the way to the 21st Century. This should have been the new American century, but by the time the Republican Party...
View ArticleSupreme Court questions DOMA's legitimacy
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2013 — After Thursday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court, both Court watchers and tea leave-readers think that the 1996 law, Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), may soon be...
View Article3 reasons Obama needed to apologize to AG Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2013 — Dear Mr. President, Ever since you complimented California attorney general Kamal Harris at a Democratic fundraiser this past week, the reactions have swung from cringing...
View ArticleGuns, God and gays: Why the Republicans are trapped in the past
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2013 — Perhaps Bob Dylan put it best: “The times, they are a-changin’.” That’s the lesson the Republican Party doesn’t seem to have yet learned, mired as they are in the 1980s...
View ArticleRepublican extremists: How the GOP broke America and called it leadership...
Catherine Poe Ask me a question. WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 — Something awful happened on the way to the 21st Century. This should have been the new American century, but by the time the Republican Party...
View ArticleDoes Sen. John McCain hate Republicans?
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2013 — Lately, Republicans of all political stripes are scratching their heads and asking, “What’s with John McCain?” He has always been a pesky, even cranky senator, priding...
View ArticleSupreme Court can tune up the Voting Rights Act
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The same day, last month, that the Supreme Court struck down a key section of the Voting Rights Act, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott declared that Texas laws that had been stopped by the...
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WASHINGTON, April 5, 2013 — Dear Mr. President, Ever since you complimented California attorney general Kamal Harris at a Democratic fundraiser this past week, the reactions have swung from cringing by...
View ArticleGuns, God and gays: Why the Republicans are trapped in the past
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2013 — Perhaps Bob Dylan put it best: “The times, they are a-changin’.” That’s the lesson the Republican Party doesn’t seem to have yet learned, mired as they are in the 1980s when...
View ArticleSupreme Court can tune up the Voting Rights Act
Not every law that’s constitutional is also wise. Keep that in mind as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It seems like an easy case. How could a federal statute...
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