Judge OKs Senate Vacancy Measure Wording
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A judge has accepted two of three drafts of a ballot initiative summary that would change how U.S. Senate vacancies are filled in Alaska, supporters of the measure said Saturday
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A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday  approved the nomination of John Negroponte, the outgoing  director of national intelligence, to become deputy secretary  of state, sending the nomination to the full Senate.
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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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A judge's order requiring some provisional ballots in Michigan to be counted even if they are cast in the wrong precinct was put on hold Sunday, the second time in as many days that a federal appeals court dealt a setback to Democrats who wanted to ease voting restrictions.
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A Senate committee approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Thursday, after a shouting match that ended when one Democrat strode out and the Republican chairman bid him &quot;good riddance.&quot;
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Ruling seen as 'judicial endorsement' of attempts to stop B52 bombers.
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Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who expects to head the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, moved Thursday to quell an uproar over comments that were widely interpreted
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A state judge, Vincent J. Grasso of Superior Court in Ocean County, has ruled that New Jersey voters who cast absentee ballots for a candidate who has dropped out of the presidential race can vote again.
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The American Bar Association gave President Bush's choice for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia the lowest possible passing grade for judicial nominees, and sources said a Republican Senate chairman was expected to schedule a hearing next week on his nomination.
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A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday  that President Bush was within his rights to appoint former  Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to its bench while the  U.S. Senate was on a five-day recess.
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Retired federal judge Michael Mukasey, the president's nominee to succeed Alberto Gonzales, has aired a largely favorable public view of the controversial law.
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A Republican state senator may not take any official action or get paid because she was not a qualified resident of Kentucky before the election, a judge ruled Friday.
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Election officials said a new rule barring hand recounts in 15 counties with touchscreen voting systems will remain in place until after Tuesday's primary &#151; despite a judge's invalidation of the rule.
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A federal judge on Friday placed on hold a state domestic partnership law that was set to take effect Jan. 1, pending a February hearing.
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A Senate Judiciary Committee divided along partisan lines advanced Alberto Gonzales' nomination as attorney general to the full Senate Wednesday despite Democratic complaints that he is too close to President Bush to be effective as the nation's top law enforcement official.
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In developments Monday at the Supreme Court, the court:
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The selection of the retired judge, Michael B. Mukasey, would likely be welcomed by prominent Democrats who had singled him out by name in recent days.