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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court upholds "Solomon Amendment" — In a sweeping legal victory for the U.S. military, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that Pengtaon recruiters must be assured an equal opportunity with other employers to sign up students at the nation's law schools.
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Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Court Upholds Campus Military Recruiting — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Supreme Court Upholds Solomon Amendment
Supreme Court Upholds Solomon Amendment
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Marty Lederman / SCOTUSblog:
Early Thoughts on Rumsfeld v. FAIR (Commentary)
Early Thoughts on Rumsfeld v. FAIR (Commentary)
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Associated Press:
South Dakota law bans nearly all abortions — Legislation sets up court challenge — PIERRE, South Dakota (AP) — Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday banning nearly all abortions in South Dakota, setting up a court fight aimed at challenging the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
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John Holusha / New York Times:
South Dakota Governor Signs Abortion Ban — The governor of South Dakota, Mike Rounds, signed today a bill intended to ban most abortions in the state and to set up a challenge to the United States Supreme Court decision, handed down in 1973, that legalized abortion in all states.
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Suspect In UNC Hit-And-Run Wanted To 'Spread Will Of Allah' — Authorities Release 911 Call Made By Mohammed Taheri-azar — HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A suspect who is accused of hitting students with a sport utility vehicle at the University of North Carolina made his first court appearance Monday.
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Athena / Terrorism Unveiled:
BACKGROUND ON MOHAMMED REZA TAHERI-AZAR — Friday, I received a phone call from my significant other telling me someone was purposely trying to run over students in "the Pit." The Pit is the center of campus activity and there are certain barricades and high stairways that separate it from any roads and intersections.
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Iraq Weapons — Made in Iran? — Intelligence Officials Say Weapons Responsible for Increasing U.S. Deaths in Iraq — March 6, 2006 — U.S. military and intelligence officials tell ABC News that they have caught shipments of deadly new bombs at the Iran-Iraq border.
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Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Majority of Americans Believe Iraq Civil War is Likely — Washington Post-ABC News Poll Finds Sharp Decline in Optimism About Iraq War — An overwhelming majority of the public believe fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq will lead to civil war and half say the U.S …
Andy Dehnart / MSNBC:
Those big stars just don't get Jon Stewart — 'Daily Show' host will be lumped in with Letterman, Rock as Oscar failure — Jon Stewart provides laughs for TV viewers but doesn't seem to hit the right note for the stars inside the Kodak theater at the Academy Awards.
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Oscars Ratings Drop 10 Percent From 2005 — ABC is in for a "Crash" landing in the Oscar ratings. — The Academy Awards were down 10 percent from last year's ceremony, based on preliminary Nielsen Media Research ratings from the nation's 55 biggest markets.
Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
President Bush losing support among Hoosiers — Survey: Bush's approval rating has dropped 18 points in Indiana over the past year — Indiana voted twice to elect George W. Bush to the White House, but an Indianapolis Star poll indicates more than half of Hoosiers now disapprove of the job he's doing as president.
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Zogby:
Bush Job Approval: 38% — Zogby America telephone Poll shows slight drop from 40% last month; Congressional Democrats maintain lead over Republican counterparts — President Bush's job approval rating dipped slightly to 38% in the latest Zogby America telephone poll, conducted Feb. 27 to March 2 …
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Vanessa Blum / Sun-Sentinel:
Miami judge refuses to delay sentencing for lobbyist Abramoff — MIAMI — A federal judge on Monday refused to delay sentencing 90 days for disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff despite statements from government lawyers that sending Abramoff to prison could jeopardize his cooperation in ongoing criminal probes.
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Amy Sullivan / Washington Monthly:
When Would Jesus Bolt? — Meet Randy Brinson, the advance guard of evangelicals leaving the GOP. — The Republicans were filibustering the Bible bill. On a Tuesday afternoon in early February, Republican legislators in Alabama took to the crimson-carpeted floor of the state house …
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Taliban Man at Yale — University officials are embarrassed—but not embarrassed enough. — Are there no limits to how arrogant and out-of-touch America's Ivy League schools can get? Last week it emerged that Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, former deputy foreign secretary of the Taliban …
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Associated Press:
Bush to Propose Line-Item Veto Legislation — Bush to Send Congress Proposal for Line-Item Veto Bill; President Has Not Vetoed Legislation in 5 Years — WASHINGTON Mar 6, 2006 (AP)— President Bush plans to send proposed legislation to Congress on Monday that would allow him to control spending …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Oscar afterthoughts. — That was a long night of blogging yesterday! But watching the Oscars without blogging is much more of a slog. And I relied heavily on TiVo, so, really, it was a snap compared to just sitting around watching in real time. I skipped nearly all of the speeches …
Alex Wong / Newsweek:
Watchdog: What Ever Happened to the Civil Liberties Board? — 'Outrageous': Kean has been frustrated by the response to commission recommendations — March 13, 2006 issue - For more than a year, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has been the most invisible office in the White House.
ReddHedd / firedoglake:
From the Department of Pissing My Tax Dollars Away — Well, great. Just great. The President and his huge freaking personal White House staff can't even request a simple absentee ballot properly, so guess who is taking Air Force One out for a spin just so he can vote in the local primary in Crawford, Texas?
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Bangla Bhai Arrested in Bangladesh — Fresh on the heels of the arrest of Abdur Rahman, Bangladesh nabs the other most wanted terrorist in the country — Bangladesh has scored the second high profile arrest of an al-Qaeda linked terrorist in less than a week, and essentially captured …
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Hollywood's Real Phobia — It isn't fear of gays. — Always trust content from kf reader "G": … Note to F. Rich and competing Oscar pundits: It's not too late for that America-is-homophobic-after- all column. ... Update: LAT's Kenneth Turan claims firsties on the Hollywood-is-homophobic angle.
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Teheran park 'cleansed' of traces from nuclear site — Iran's Revolutionary Guards have taken the extraordinary step of cutting down thousands of trees in Teheran to prevent United Nations inspectors from finding traces of enriched uranium from a top-secret nuclear plant.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Looking Back (and Ahead) With Edwards — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — "Sometimes," says John Edwards, "people need a breather." He is not talking about himself, although surely he needed one after his brief rocket ride through the upper atmosphere of national politics.