Constitutional Law

Attorney General nominee draws more fire
The attorney general nominee declined to call water-boarding torture, as Democrats on Senate panel had hoped and instead adopted a middle ground of an issue that has become central to his nomination...

Obama's Offer on FL and MI Amounts to Nothing
I disagree with Big Tent Democrat on Obama's statement today on FL and MI. It's woefully inadequate and nothing he and the party haven't said before. It doesn't address the issue...

"White House names final FEC nominee"
AP offers this report, which begins: "The White House nominated a senior Republican Senate aide Thursday to fill a seat on the Federal Election Commission, replacing a nominee who withdrew in the face of Democratic opposition...

Evangelicals and the Choice of Democratic Nominee--Skeel
The standard storyline about religion and the nomination process has been the failure of evangelicals to agree on a single preferred Republican candidate. But the choice of Democratic nominee has more momentous implications...

The History Of The Provincial Nominee Program.
Michael Greene, immigration lawyer with the Calgary firm of Sherritt Greene Barristers & Solicitors, explains the history of the provincial nominee program. Provincial nominee programs are relatively recent devices...

I'm With Fred
I. Why now? There has never been, nor will there be, any question that I will vote against the Democratic Party's 2008 nominee for president. And because I don't care to waste my vote on a protest, it will be cast for the GOP's nominee, whoever that turns out to be...

Mr. Brown Instant Coffee
Possible Melamine Contamination Prompts Canadian Agency to Issue Warning

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...