Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is blaming his slow start on "the dog days of summer," saying he'll do better when the election season hits high gear.
Gov. Jerry Brown nominated UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court Tuesday, giving the state high court a fourth Asian justice and a collegial liberal who is likely to be strongly supportive of civil rights. Liu was President Obama's pick for a seat on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, but he failed to garner enough Republican support. Liu, 40, has never been a judge, but his colleagues at Berkeley, including conservatives, strongly endorsed him for the position.
Liu was President Obama's pick for a seat on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, but he failed to garner enough Republican support. Liu, 40, has never been a judge, but his colleagues at Berkeley, including conservatives, strongly endorsed him for the position.
A federal judge today threw out a lawsuit that challenged the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research. The White House was quick to praise the ruling, "Today, patients suffering from diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and heart disease and their families got good news when a federal judge ruled in favor of the government in a lawsuit challenging the Obama Administration’s work to support stem cell research," Assistant to the President Stephanie Cutter said in a blog posting.
The White House was quick to praise the ruling, "Today, patients suffering from diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and heart disease and their families got good news when a federal judge ruled in favor of the government in a lawsuit challenging the Obama Administration’s work to support stem cell research," Assistant to the President Stephanie Cutter said in a blog posting.
From the beginning, the tale seemed to skirt the edges of the possible — a mountain lion reported to be stalking the wilds of Greenwich, Conn., seen near fancy private schools and busy roadways. But the sightings were confirmed in early June by paw prints, photographs and animal droppings, and then, more dramatically, by the lean body of a 140-pound male creature killed by a sport utility vehicle on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Milford on June 11. The aftermath was even more surprising. On Tuesday, in what state officials termed “amazing news,” they said that the Connecticut Cougar had made its way east from the Black Hills of South Dakota and that genetic testing matched samples of an animal confirmed as having been in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The aftermath was even more surprising. On Tuesday, in what state officials termed “amazing news,” they said that the Connecticut Cougar had made its way east from the Black Hills of South Dakota and that genetic testing matched samples of an animal confirmed as having been in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Look, folks: there isn't going to be a male birth control pill. Some version of this article comes out every six months, and people swear up and down there's interest and the drug companies are going to clue into that any day now, and then it dies down and we're never going to get any closer to it. I used to be one of those people who, with naive stars in my eyes, somehow believed that I knew better than the consumer research folks at drug companies who crunch the numbers and say there's no way on earth that a male contraceptive would make enough money to justify the R&D spending. Now I've seen 8 million variations of this story and have been unable to delude myself any longer. The evidence that men will use the pill in large enough numbers to justify spending money on it just isn't there. But the evidence that they won't use it is pretty damning.
South Dakota won't appeal an injunction that stops a restrictive abortion law from taking effect, Attorney General Marty Jackley said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier granted a request from Planned Parenthood to block the implementation of House Bill 1217 on June 30. The new law would impose a three-day waiting period for women seeking an abortion and require them to seek counseling from a crisis pregnancy center.
U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier granted a request from Planned Parenthood to block the implementation of House Bill 1217 on June 30.
The new law would impose a three-day waiting period for women seeking an abortion and require them to seek counseling from a crisis pregnancy center.
Now-hear-this tones of Col. Grethe Cammermeyer, a voice heard nationally two decades ago when she challenged the military's ban on gays and lesbians, quieted Island County Democrats partying on her lawn Saturday. "I am loud. I am a soldier. As of yesterday, I am an 'out' soldier," Cammermeyer said to approving hoots. President Obama had just formally certified that the American military is ready for gay men and women to serve openly in its ranks.
"I am loud. I am a soldier. As of yesterday, I am an 'out' soldier," Cammermeyer said to approving hoots. President Obama had just formally certified that the American military is ready for gay men and women to serve openly in its ranks.
U.S. District Chief Judge Royce Lamberth issued an order (PDF) yesterday scolding Orly Taitz, a lawyer and "birther" activist, for "wasting the Court's time" by failing to redact social security number information in court papers in violation of federal rules. "Plaintiff is either toying with the Court or displaying her own stupidity.
"Plaintiff is either toying with the Court or displaying her own stupidity.
... the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.