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		<title>Controversial Judge: &#8216;Unhinged&#8217; or &#8216;Impeccable&#8217;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal District Judge Susan Bolton (photo at right) came under withering criticism from some foes for her ruling that enjoined the most controversial sections of Arizona’s new immigration law from taking effect (see Gavel Grab). In Human Events, Ben Shapiro assailed her as &#8220;Example No. 1A in the pantheon of judicial activism&#8221; and added: &#8220;Not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=12794</link>
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		<title>MN Limits on Judicial Candidates Overturned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A three-judge federal appeals court has struck down Minnesota rules that bar judicial candidates from endorsing candidates for elective office and from directly soliciting campaign money given by individuals and small groups. The ruling represented a major victory for lawyer Greg Wersal (photo at left), currently a candidate for the Minnesota Supreme Court who is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=12787</link>
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		<title>Obama to Senate: &#8216;We Need Judges&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama hasn&#8217;t talked much in public about judicial politics, but this week he spoke out about the importance of getting Senate confirmation votes on nominees who have long awaited them. “Most of these folks were voted out of committee unanimously, or nearly unanimously, by both Democrats and Republicans,” Obama said, according to The Blog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=12779</link>
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		<title>Judge Blocks Key Parts of AZ Immigration Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has enjoined the most controversial sections of Arizona&#8217;s new immigration law from taking effect. With the law scheduled to take effect Thursday, Judge Susan Bolton put on hold sections of it that call for police to check an individual&#8217;s immigration status while enforcing other laws and that require immigrants to carry their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=12764</link>
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		<title>Without Disclosure Bill, &#8216;Mud Fight&#8217; Ahead?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans drew condemnation in two newspaper editorials for blocking a bill to require disclosure by corporations and labor unions of their political spending (see Gavel Grab). &#8220;Senate Republicans made sure this fall&#8217;s elections will be drenched in corporate money,&#8221; said a San Francisco Chronicle editorial. &#8220;Get ready for a high-spending mud fight this fall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=12749</link>
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		<title>JAS Signs Letter Opposing Detainee Transfer Ban</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, House Democrats and the full Senate were sent a letter that opposes a blanket ban on transfers of Guantanamo detainees to the United States. Justice at Stake and a JAS partner group, The Constitution Project, were among fifteen organizations that signed the letter. A full ban on transfers would deny detainees admittance to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=12744</link>
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		<title>Controversy Over MN Corporate Spending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Target Corp.&#8217;s donations totaling $150,000 to a group supporting the GOP candidate for governor in Minnesota have sparked controversy. Chief Executive Gregg Steinhafel told employees that Target is &#8220;unwavering&#8221; in support of the gay community, according to an Associated Press article, which noted concerns raised by gay Target employees. The GOP candidate, Tom Emmer, is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=12734</link>
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		<title>Disclosure Bill Blocked in Senate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans have blocked efforts by Democrats to advance  a bill with more stringent requirements for special interest groups, unions and corporations to disclose their political spending. Democrats were unable to muster the 60 votes needed Tuesday to get past a filibuster by Republicans against The DISCLOSE Act, as the bill is called, and it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=12729</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Gitmo Roulette&#8217; is Decried</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conflicting  court rulings in the case of a Yemeni national held at Guantanamo Bay underscore the need for clear rules on challenging detentions, a Washington Post editorial contends. The editorial draws on the case of Mohammed Al-Adahi to argue that detainees now face a kind of &#8220;Guantanamo roulette&#8221; when it comes to the standards they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=12718</link>
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		<title>A Prescription for Bipartisanship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Texas, there is editorial board applause for bipartisanship in judicial selection. An editorial in the San Antonio Express-News reports that President Obama nominated U.S. Magistrate Diana Saldaña to a federal district court judgeship after months of inaction. The breakthrough on her nomination was thanks to the willingness of Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gavelgrab.org/?p=12709</link>
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