Federal parties strike deal on overhauling Supreme Court nominations
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal parties have struck a deal for a new process to overhaul in the way Supreme Court justices are selected, NDP Leader Jack Layton said Monday.
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Washington, DC-- Today, President Bush announced plans to resubmit 20 nominations for lifetime seats on federal courts that were not approved by the Senate, including several Court of Appeals nominations that were blocked by filibuster on the Senate floor
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Senior Democrats have reached agreement with the National Rifle Association on what could be the first federal gun-control legislation since 1994, a measure to significantly strengthen the national system that checks the backgrounds of gun buyers.
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Free speech rights take precedence over government restrictions on political advertising, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that opens the door for greater influence by interest groups in the closing days of an election.
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President Bush on Tuesday nominated two individuals to replace retiring jurists on federal courts in the Washington area.
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Agreement on moving class-action suits to federal courts indicates bridge building between parties, for now.
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The White House and senators from both parties mapped out possible changes to the stalled immigration bill.
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President Bush will resubmit to the  Senate a group of judicial nominees blocked by Democrats as too  conservative, the White House said on Thursday as it signaled  the start of a second-term battle over the make up of federal  courts.
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Democrats hope to win over more Republicans with revisions that would tighten eligibility for the State Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.
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A new Supreme Court term opens Monday with eyes on its leader, the junior justice, the oldest and the man in the middle as abortion, race and other familiar issues resurface.
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House and Senate negotiators agreed to major changes in federal special education law Wednesday, pressing schools to ensure that children with disabilities get the same opportunities as others.
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Final approval appears likely this week for a bill sending multiparty cases from state to federal court.
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THE NEWS that Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, is suffering from thyroid cancer has properly moved the issue of Supreme Court appointments to the forefront of the presidential campaign.
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Four years ago, the US Supreme Court picked a president rather than wait for the political process to play out. This time around, the president elected Nov. 2 may have a chance to change the
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The Supreme Court, which settled the last presidential election, may be drawn into this one even before Election Day.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether public employee unions must get special permission before spending some workers' dues on political causes.
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Just two weeks before America&#39;s voters are expected to leave Republicans in control of the US House of Representatives, the Supreme Court yesterday revived a