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Justice Alito mouths ‘not true’ — POLITICO's Kasie Hunt, who's in the House chamber, reports that Justice Samuel Alito mouthed the words “not true” when President Barack Obama criticized the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision. — “Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century …
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Text: Obama's State of the Union Address — Following is the prepared text of President Obama's State of the Union address, delivered Jan. 27, 2010, as released by the White House: — Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:
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Justice Alito's Reaction — There was the president, and there were six members of the Supreme Court. The few words from the one to the others went by quickly. The president's tone was mild compared to the animation in some other parts of the speech, and I thought he looked momentarily awkward.
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State of the Union: How did he do? — Professor, Georgetown University Law Center : — In the history of the State of the Union has any President ever called out the Supreme Court by name, and egged on the Congress to jeer a Supreme Court decision, while the Justices were seated politely …
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SOTU Live Blog — Alito shakes heading, mouthing “not true,” as Obama says recent Supreme Court decision will let lobbyists and corporations own our elections. Highly inappropriate for Alito to do this. You'll notice the Sup Ct doesn't even clap when the president enters.
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Enter Your E-Mail Address to Sign Up — President Wrong on Citizens United Case [Bradley A. Smith] — Tonight the president engaged in demogoguery of the worst kind, when he claimed that last week's Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC, “open[ed] the floodgates for special interests …
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“Not true”: Alito mouths words as Obama hammers Supreme Court — He's on the far left of your screen, seated to the right of Sotomayor. Politico's calling it his Joe Wilson moment. — When you hear the president of the United States demagoging the First Amendment, you sit there and you take it, son.
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FROM JUSTICE ALITO, a “you lie” moment? “POLITICO's Kasie Hunt, who's in the House chamber, reports that Justice Samuel Alito mouthed the words ‘not true’ when President Barack Obama criticized the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision.” Drudge is calling Obama's criticism “intimidation …
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Don Surber, No Sheeples Here, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Moderate Voice, Althouse, Left Coast Rebel and Riehl World View
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Barack Obama: “Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests - including foreign corporations - to spend without limit in our elections.” — On Jan. 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling striking …
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McCain seen mouthing ‘blame it on Bush’ when Obama outlines the problems he inherited. — Tonight in his State of the Union address, President Obama outlined steps he plans to take “to pay for the $1 trillion that it took to rescue the economy last year.” However, he first addressed right …
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First thoughts on President Obama's state of the union address
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Obama to Party: Don't ‘Run for the Hills’
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Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87 — Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica …
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Poll: 83% of Speech Watchers Approve of Obama's State of the Union Proposals — CBS News conducted an instant poll with Knowledge Networks immediately following President Obama's State of the Union address. Here are some of the highlights: — • 83% of speech watchers approve …
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Bob McDonnell's GOP Response: Full Text — Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's Republican Address to the Nation Following Obama's State of the Union Address — (CBS) Immediately following President Obama's State of the Union address, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will deliver the Republican response.
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WHY TAMPER WITH LANDRIEU'S PHONES? — From NBC's Pete Williams — A law enforcement official says the four men arrested for attempting to tamper with the phones in the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) were not trying to intercept or wiretap the calls.
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ACORN foe tweeted about planned sting of Sen. Landrieu's office
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The Landrieu Phone Case: Not A Bugging After All?
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Boehner: ‘No Way’ Terrorist Trials Will be Held in New York — The top Republican in the House is vowing to prevent any trial of terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay from being held in New York City as leading Senate Republicans question Attorney General Eric Holder on the civilian status given to the Christmas Day bombing suspect.
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Scientists in stolen e-mail scandal hid climate data — Ben Webster, Environment Editor, and Jonathan Leake — The university at the centre of the climate change row over stolen e-mails broke the law by refusing to hand over its raw data for public scrutiny.
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FACT CHECK: Obama and the ‘hatchet’ job — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, who once considered government spending freezes a hatchet job, told Americans on Wednesday it's now part of his solution to the exploding deficit. He didn't explain what had changed.
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McCain objects on 'Don't Ask' — McCain: — In his State of the Union address, President Obama asked Congress to repeal the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. I am immensely proud of, and thankful for, every American who wears the uniform of our country, especially at a time of war …
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The Spending ‘Freeze’ That Isn't — Since 2008, the ratio of outlays-to-GDP has risen by about 14%. — In last night's State of the Union address President Obama proposed a three-year “spending freeze” on what amounts to one-sixth of the federal budget. Our biggest entitlement programs …
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Cut Prison Spending, Spare Schools, Worried Californians Say — Campaign 2010: Campbell Tops GOP Senate Field, Whitman Boosts Lead — Most Californians would be willing to pay higher taxes to maintain current funding for public schools and most favor spending cuts in prisons and corrections …
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What Obama can't bring himself to say — we won in Iraq — President Obama says he is “not interested in re-litigating the past.” Well, I am — at least to this extent: Would it have been too much for the president of the United States to have acknowledged and paid tribute …
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Quote of the day — Click the image to watch. … - Quote of the day
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