Marc Santora and Sam Roberts of the New York Times have an article out today documenting Rudy Giuliani’s ways of talking about immigration and how, to borrow their words, his tone has shifted now that he’s in the presidential race. As mayor of New York Giuliani held what would be considered fairly liberal positions on […]

I’ll be writing on this issue for ACSblog, but I wanted to at least jot this idea down today. In his concurring opinion, Justice Thomas indicates that he might have struck down the abortion ban for exceeding Congress’s power under the commerce clause. Justice Scalia joined Thomas, but perhaps only on the grounds […]

You can watch Sen. Chris Dodd’s energy policy speech live at 12:10PM at this page on his website
David Lightman of The Hartford Courant gives a short summation of some of Dodd’s main ideas for improving America’s energy policy:
Dodd would also push for the [corporate] carbon tax. Its purpose, the position paper said, would be to […]

Congressman Frank came by my school last week to talk to the American Constitution Society (I was just elected as its new BC Law President and am a new Editor at Large on ACSblog). He had some interesting things to say about the Democratic candidates (all the same), the economy (flexible and in need […]

The CT state legislature received an assessment of how much it would cost for Connecticut to institute a single-payer health care system that would cover every state resident under the age of sixty-five. As a result of the $11-17 billion price tag, “prompting key legislators to say that passing universal health care this year […]

Senator Chris Dodd is framing the discussion of gay marriage around a the progressive stance of self-reflection.
Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd told high school students Wednesday that people debating gay marriage should ask themselves just one question: What would you do if your child were gay? Dodd said anyone who would deny a gay child […]

The Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut has introduced a radio ad highlighting the sad irony that Connecticut residents’ cars are required to be insured, but 400,000 CT residents have no health insurance. The group had previously released an ad by former Lamont guru Bill Hillsman and this radio spot continues the tactic of using […]

Hartford archbishop Henry Mansell has suggested a potential compromise to resolve the emergency contraception debate going on now in the Connecticut legislature about requiring all hospitals to provide rape victims with emergency contraception.
Hartford Archbishop Henry J. Mansell Thursday said he was working with legislative leaders to craft a “mutually respectful” solution to legislation that would […]

Amy Taylor of DMIBlog has a detailed look at Newt Gingrich’s positioning on immigration reform, part of a continuing series evaluating where the presidential candidates stand. In many ways Gingrich’s positions are run-of-the-mill for Republicans who aren’t taking Hunter-Tancredo styled stances. He thinks illegal immigration poses a national security threat and wants to be able […]

Yesterday the Senate nearly unanimously passed S.214, “Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007.” The vote was 94-2, with only Republicans Chuck Hagel and Kit Bond voting against it. The bill removes the authority of the Attorney General, granted by the Patriot Act, to appoint US attorneys without confirmation from the Senate.
I haven’t been […]