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April 2, 2012

Obama confident health care law will be upheld

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama offered a firm defense of his health care law, saying Monday he remains confident…
March 30, 2012

Indiana lawmakers want to make wearing saggy pants in public illegal

Lawmakers in Indiana want to make wearing baggy pants in public against the law...
January 12, 2012

Justice Deptartment says recent Obama recess appointments legal

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is defending the legality of President Barack Obama's recent recess appointment of a national…
November 8, 2011

US appeals court upholds Obama health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) - A conservative-leaning panel of US appellate judges on Tuesday upheld President Barack Obama's health care law as…
October 24, 2011

Will abortion gaffes cripple the Cain campaign?

OPINION - Though Cain is still considered a 'frontrunner' in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, there's a new…
July 5, 2011

The Clarence Thomas pick 20 years later: Disorder in the court

OPINION - He actually believes that race is a crutch, an impediment and even an archaic relic of the past…
January 7, 2011

Why Boehner won’t declare death to ‘birther-ism’

OPINION - Birthers must understand that disrespecting Obama in such unprecedented ways also represents a fundamental disrespect for the office…
January 6, 2011

‘Birther’ interrupts reading of Constitution in Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - A woman shouted "except Obama, except Obama" to the venerable document's words on a U.S. citizen's eligibility…
August 27, 2010

Kenya gets new American style constitution

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The East African nation replaced a colonial-era constitution with one that curtails the president's powers with…
August 3, 2010

Why weakening the 14th amendment would reopen racial wounds

OPINION - The promise of American democracy, and inclusiveness, is one that is built on the idea that from the…
July 29, 2010

Iowa GOP: Obama’s citizenship should be revoked because he accepted Nobel

The Iowa GOP is calling for the "reintroduction and ratification of the original 13th amendment" of the Constitution which loosely…
December 18, 2009

Government urges judge to reverse ruling over ACORN funding

NEW YORK (AP) - The government has asked a federal judge to let it cut ACORN's funding, saying a report…
November 13, 2009

The Barbershop Buzz on juvenile sentencing

VIDEO - This week on the Barbershop Buzz: Is it constitutional for juveniles to serve life sentences without parole for…
October 12, 2009

Leave the government out of religion

OPINION - The first amendment should be the foundation for our growth as a religiously diverse nation. Just as we…
September 30, 2009

Supreme Court to decide if local gun laws violate 2nd Amendment

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether strict local and state gun control laws violate the…