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David Kravets / Associated Press:
Judge: School Pledge Is Unconstitutional — SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional Wednesday in a case brought by the same atheist whose previous battle against the words "under God" was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court on procedural grounds.
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Suzanne Herel / San Francisco Chronicle:
Judge rules Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional 'Under God' reference not appropriate for public schools, he says — Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional, a federal court judge ruled today, saying that the pledge's reference to "under God" …
Jay / Stop the ACLU:
One Nation Under God No More — Update: The Becket Fund Vows Immediate Appeal. It's gonna be a big time fight. — Judge Declares Pledge Unconstitutional — Watch The FOX News Video Coverage … Quick thoughts: Just another reason we need a strict constitutionalist at the Supreme Court.
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Baghdad Battles — After Tal Afar, al Qaeda strikes in its predictable and brutal fashion: suicide bombs and terror. In Baghdad, a suicide bomber lures in Shiite day-laborers, blows up his truck. Reports indicate 114 killled and 156 wounded in this single incident.
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Brian M. Riedl / Heritage Foundation:
A "Victory" Over Wasteful Spending? Hardly — House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) today declared "victory" in the battle to eliminate wasteful federal spending. There is simply no fat left to cut from the federal budget, he said. [1] — This comes as quite a surprise to most Americans.
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Washington Times:DeLay declares 'victory' in war on budget fat
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:THIS IS SURELY THE DUMBEST STATEMENT OF THE WEEK, which is no …
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Kimberly Hefling / phillyburbs.com:
Architect offers to alter Flight 93 memorial to appease critics — WASHINGTON - The architect of the memorial to a plane downed in western Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, said Wednesday he would work to satisfy critics who complained that it honors terrorists with its crescent-shaped design.
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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Senate Kills Bid for Katrina Commission — WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Wednesday scuttled an attempt by Sen. Hillary Clinton to establish an independent, bipartisan panel patterned after the 9/11 Commission to investigate what went wrong with federal, state and local governments' response to Hurricane Katrina.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Bush approval at lowest level of his presidency — NBC/WSJ Poll: Katrina, gas prices and Iraq damage president's support — WASHINGTON — Rocked by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, record-high gas prices, and the continued debate over Iraq, President George W. Bush's public standing …
Will / Attytood:
This man almost died because of Bush's FEMA — And he has a name — Edgar Hollingsworth. Remember it. Mr. Hollingsworth is 74 years old, and although he was found by California National Guardsmen at death's door inside his house in the flooded Broadmoor section of New Orleans, the wonderful news is that he is expected to live.
Greg Palast / gregpalast.com:
GALLOWAY VERSUS HITCHENS; PROGRESSIVES VERSUS OURSELVES — Man, it just felt so good watching George Galloway rip Senator Coleman an extra exit hole. In May 2005, you'll remember, while most American politicians were mincing and cowering, the Honorable Member of the British Parliament …
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Feddie / Confirm Them:
On Roberts, stare decisis, and Burkean Originalism — I share many of the substantive sentiments expressed by Andrew in this post, but I would respectfully disagree with his characterization of Roberts as a judicial activist (or, for that matter, an "activist-enabler").
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Patrick D. Healy / New York Times:
Concession Sets Up Bloomberg-Ferrer Race — Representative Anthony D. Weiner conceded the 2005 Democratic mayoral nomination today to Fernando Ferrer, the top vote-getter in the race, in hope of avoiding a destructive runoff and strengthening Mr. Ferrer's hand as he begins …
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Swapping Scoops: Every Night the 'NY Times' and 'Wash Post' Exchange Front Pages for the Following Day — NEW YORK When The New York Times on July 16 broke the story of a 2003 State Department memo that had become a key element in the Valerie Plame leak investigation, the paper scored a major exclusive.
gvsu.edu:
Hanson v. Huffington — In what promises to be a lively debate, Victor Davis Hanson and Arianna Huffington will square off on whether the United States is an empire. (Change of Venue: The debate will now be held at DeVos Place, Ballroom A, downtown Grand Rapids. The event will be webcast live on www.allpresidents.org.)
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Adam Smith, political pundit — Last night I was reading (actually, rereading) Gertrude Himmelfarb's luminous The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments, and came across this quotation from Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776.
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