High Court Deals Blow To Campaign Finance Law- June 27, 2008 The Supreme Court dealt another blow yesterday to the landmark 2002 campaign finance law crafted by Sens. John McCain and Russell Feingold, declaring unconstitutional a provision that eased fundraising restrictions for political candidates running against wealthy opponents who were bankrolling their own bids for federal office.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062601414.html?nav=r... Former Professor Indicted In Muslim Charities Case- June 27, 2008 A former Florida professor who had pleaded guilty to aiding a terror organization was indicted yesterday on criminal charges that he refused to testify before a grand jury investigating whether Islamic charities in Northern Virginia were financing terrorists.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603664.html?nav=r... Gatlin Loses Court Appeal To Run in Olympic Trials- June 27, 2008 A federal court has denied sprinter Justin Gatlin's appeal to run in the U.S. Olympic track trials this weekend.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603396.html?nav=r... McCain's Day Of Repudiation- June 27, 2008 Two of yesterday's Supreme Court rulings -- both decided 5 to 4, and with the same alignment of justices -- concerned the Constitution's first two amendments. One ruling benefits Barack Obama by not reviving the dormant debate about gun control. The other embarrasses John McCain by underscoring discordance between his deeds and his promises.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603651.html?nav=r... D.C. Government Faces a New Reality- June 27, 2008 Thirty-two years after enacting the nation's toughest restrictions on firearms ownership, the D.C. government suddenly faces a new reality, forced by the U.S. Supreme Court to draft regulations that will permit city residents to keep weapons, including handguns, readily available in their homes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603988.html?nav=r... Handguns Supreme- June 27, 2008 IT IS deeply disappointing, though not surprising, that the Supreme Court yesterday struck down the District's gun laws after finding that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603605.html?nav=r... The D.C. Handgun Ruling- June 27, 2008 In knocking down the District's 32-year-old ban on handgun possession, the conservatives on the Supreme Court have again shown their willingness to abandon precedent in order to do whatever is necessary to further the agenda of the contemporary political right.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603655.html?nav=r... The Overturning of D.C.'s Handgun Ban- June 27, 2008 After a Supreme Court decision gave detainees at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their detention by the United States, Justice Antonin Scalia said in a dissent from the bench that the ruling "will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed" "Justices Say Detainees Can Seek Release," front page, June 13.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603601.html?nav=r... The Supremes Make a Mean 'To Duel' List- June 27, 2008 Justice Antonin Scalia was the first to pull out the dueling words:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062604129.html?nav=r... Mayors: Gun ruling won't stop prevention efforts- June 27, 2008 WASHINGTON -- Washington's blanket ban on handguns will fall and tight gun laws in places like Chicago and San Francisco are sure to come under attack. But most of the nation's firearms regulations will probably stay on the books, and some politicians said Thursday's Supreme Court decision won't hinder their efforts to prevent bloodshed.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062602964.html?nav=r... |