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A BUSY SESSION AGAIN. DESCRIBE THE DOCKET THIS YEAR, IF YOU COULD, MR. SAVAGE. >> Guest: THERE'S NOT
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A WHOLE LOT OF CASES IN
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NUMBERS, ABOUT 40 SO FAR, BUT THE USUAL INTERESTING SORT OF RICH MIX OF CASES. THERE'S NO SORT OF ONE BIG THEME, NOT LIKE A BIG ABORTION CASES BUT...
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QUESTION, DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO GO BEFORE A JUDGE AND PLEAD THEIR INNOCENCE? THERE'S A BIG CASE ON LETHAL INJECTIONS, THAT'S THE MAIN METHOD...
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MENTIONED GUANTANAMO AND THE DETAINEES. THIRD RUN AT THE SUPREME COURT ON THIS ISSUE. >> Guest: YES. >> Host: TELL US MORE. >> Guest: WELL, THIS IS...
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COMBATANT. THE
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BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS HELD FAST TO THE
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POSITION THESE PEOPLE ARE SORT OF LIKE
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WAR
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PRISONERS, WHO DON'T GET TO GO BEFORE JUDGES AND PLEAD INNOCENCE. SORT OF HELD UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. THE CIVIL LIBERTARIANS HAVE ARGUED ALL ALONG...
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THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. MATTHEW'S YESTERDAY, A TRADITIONAL MASS THEY
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ATTEND EACH YEAR. EXPLAIN MORE BEHIND IT AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT. >> Guest: I CAN'T SAY I'M AN EXPERT ON IT. IT'S ALWAYS
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BEEN A CASE A FEW OF THE JUSTICES GO AND A FEW DON'T. IT'S A CATHOLIC MASS AND MOST OF THE CATHOLIC JUSTICES HAVE GONE. SOME OF THE OTHERS HAVE ATTENDED,...
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THE PICTURES. THE "WASHINGTON TIMES" POINTS OUT THOSE PRESENT AT THE 112-YEAR-OLD JUSTICE INCLUDES THOMAS, SCALIA, BRIAR -- PICTURES FROM THE RED MASS...
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MATTHEW. DAVID SAVAGE, THIS WEEK WHAT CASES WILL BE ON THE DOCKET PRECISELY THIS WEEK, ANY BIG ONES? >> Guest: WELL, AT 10:00 THIS MORNING THERE IS...
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AND ALLOW KROGS -- CROSS-OVER VOTING. THE PARTIES HAVE BASICALLY FOUGHT THAT IN COURT AND SAID YOU CAN'T DO THAT, YOU CAN'T TELL US REPUBLICANS OR...
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DO INCOME TAX. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SPECIAL. WHEN
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I GET MY SOCIALLY CHECK THAT'S FEDERAL. HOW CAN SHE RAISE TAXES ON SOMETHING THAT'S MY SOLE SUPPORT, THAT'S MY INCOME. >> Host: WE HAVE TODAY VAD...
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TO? >> Guest: I ACTUALLY THINK THEY CAN DO THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE LIVING IN DETROIT, YOU YOUR INCOME
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IS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT, THE STATE CAN STILL POSE -- IMPOSE AN INCOME TAX ON ALL OF YOUR INCOME INCLUDING THE AMOUNT THAT COMES...
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GOVERNMENT. SO, I THINK THE ANSWER IS, YES, THE STATE CAN DO THAT. >> Host:
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JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. >> Caller: GOOD MORNING. YES, SIR, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WILL THERE EVER BEEN ANOTHER WOMAN APPOINTED TO THE...
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TO THE PREEM COURT AGAIN AND VERY SOON. I THINK IF PRESIDENT
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BUSH GETS ANOTHER APPOINTEE, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY UNLIKELY, THERE'S NO SIGN THAT ANY OF THE JUSTICES ARE GOING TO STEP DOWN, BUT IF ONE OF THEM WOULD...
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FORCED TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF ILLNESS,
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I ACTUALLY THINK THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WOULD
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VERY MUCH LIKE TO PUT A WOMAN ON THE SUPREME COURT. PRESIDENT BUSH'S WIFE MAY DEMAND IT. BUT, I ALSO THINK THAT THE DEMOCRATS, IF THERE'S A DEMOCRAT...
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AND WORKS AS HARD AS HE DOES. I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE BUT SE -- FOR EXAMPLE, AMONG THE JUSTICES, HE'S THE ONLY JUSTICE...
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THE MORNING ARRANGE STARTS WORKING AND HAS DONE THAT FOR YEARS. HE COMES INTO THE OFFICE AT 9:00 OR 10:00 AND HAS DONE A LOT OF HIS WORK. I SAW HIM...
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HAVE ANY INSIGHT OR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIS MEDICAL CONDITION, HE SEEMS FINE. HE HAD SORT OF A MEDICAL SCARE. HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. THEY RAN A LOT...
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MEDICATION, ANTISEIZURE MEDICATION BUT SEEMS TO BE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH AND SO WE DON'T KNOW. >> Host: CALLER NOW FROM MISSOURI FOR DAVID SAVAGE. GOOD...
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44 STATES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT NOW HAVE THE RIGHT TO OWN A GUN AND CARRY
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A GUN, A CONCEALED GUN. IF YOU MEET THE CRITERIA THROUGH ALL THE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND WITH THAT MANY STATES HAVING PASSED GUN OWNERSHIP RIGHT TO...
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PHRASES IN THE CONSTITUTION, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE
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TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS BUT THE SUPREME COURT HAS NEVER STRUCK DOWN A GUN LAW IN ITS HISTORY. AND INTERPRETED THE MEANING OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. I CAN...
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HAVE RELIGIOUS CONVICTION BUT, REMEMBER, THEY REPRESENT ALL AMERICANS. AND SOMETIMES, IT APPEARS THAT
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THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN HOLDING A CERTAIN
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LINE FOR
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A POLITICAL VIEW OR A RELIGIOUS VIEW AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR, LET'S SAY, ALL OF AMERICANS. AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT...
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100%. THERE ARE A FEW COUNTER EXAMPLES BUT AS A GENERAL TREND, THEY'VE BEEN VERY, SO FAR, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF BUSINESS AND NOT INCLINED TO ALLOW BIG...
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UPBRINGING. HE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT EARLY LIFE,
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GREW UP VERY POOR IN THE SAVANNAH AREA,
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HAD A LOT GOING AGAINST HIM. HIS GRANDFATHER
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HAD AN ENORMOUS INFLUENCE OF SORT OF TURNING AROUND HIS LIFE, GIVING HIM DISCIPLINE AND DIRECTION. I ALWAYS THINK IT IS A HEART-WARMING STORY TO SORT...
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GET SORT OF A SUB TEXT FROM YOU, TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT YOU THINK THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY COULD USE A FEW MORE LEADERS PREACHING THAT? >> YOU'VE...
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GRANDFATHER, WHAT APPROACH WOULD HE TAKE HE'D BE GET OUT THERE AND WORK. THE PROBLEM FOR ME ISN'T THAT EVERYBODY AGREES WITH HIM OR ME. BUT THAT THEY...
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PROVINCE OF HOW TO APPROACH IT. THAT I AM TO BE DESTROYED BECAUSE I WON'T DRINK THAT KOOL-AID OR BECAUSE I DON'T FOLLOW IN THIS CULT-LIKE WAY SOMETHING...
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PROBABLY A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SHARE,
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WHICH IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT USE YOUR RACE EITHER FOR YOU OR AGAINST YOU, THAT RACE HAS NO BUSINESS PLAYING A ROLE IN WHO GETS WHAT BENEFITS,...
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HI THERE. ST. LOUIS. >> Caller: OH, GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMAN. MR. SAVAGE, IN REGARDS TO HABEAS CORPUS, HOW MANY TIMES HAS HABEAS CORPUS BEEN SUSPENDED...
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FOREIGN NATIONALS, IF YOU WILL? THANK YOU. >> Guest: WELL, THE FAMOUS EXAMPLES OF SUSPENDING HABEAS CORPUS ALL GO WAY BACK. ESSENTIALLY, THE ONE...
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THE HISTORIC VIEW HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT CAN'T DO IT ON ITS OWN, IT HAS TO BE CONGRESS. I SUPPOSE IN THIS CASE YOU'D SAY -- YOU COULD ARGUE THIS EITHER...
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RECENT APPOINTMENT OF THE
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CONSERVATIVES TO THE SUPREME COURT, IS THE SUPREME COURT POISED TO TAKE ON THE TWO 800-POUND GORILLAS IN THE ROOM WHICH IS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THEN...
00:22:05
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SIDE, JUSTICE KENNEDY HAS BEEN IN THE MIDDLE. FOR EXAMPLE, ON ABORTION, KENNEDY HAS SAID THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT ESSENTIALLY BAN ABORTION BUT THEY...
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COUNTRY. ONE OF THE MOST SURPRISING THINGS IN THE BOOK YOU SAY LIKE MOST AMERICANS I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS ABOUT ABORTION. I WASN'T COMFORTABLE TELLING...
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MAKE IN LIFE AND, OF COURSE, WE ALL FEEL ABOUT THAT. PEOPLE THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THEM ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU DON'T...
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YOU KNOW, TO BASICALLY
00:24:53
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OVERTURN ROE VS. WADE AND SEND THIS BACK TO THE STATES. >> Host: CALL FROM ST. LOUIS. >> Caller: SO NOW ARE WE TO UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT JUSTICE THOMAS...
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MANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN ARE -- HIS FATHER WAS NOT THERE FOR HIM BUT MANY AMERICAN -- AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN LIKE HIS GRANDFATHER EXIST IN THIS COUNTRY...
00:27:40
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COLLEGES OR A LOT OF EMPLOYERS WOULD SAY THAT'S THE
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KIND OF PERSON I WANT. I WANT TO GIVE THAT PERSON A LITTLE BIT OF AN EDGE, BECAUSE THEY'VE WORKED HARD TO GET HERE AND THAT'S, IN SOME SENSE, WHAT...
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AND IT COULD TIP CLOSE ELECTIONS AND THE REPUBLICANS, IN A LOT OF STATES, HAVE PUSHED LAWS TO
00:29:12
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SAY, ALL THE VOTERS WHO COME TO THE POLLS MUST HAVE A CURRENT VALID GOVERNMENT-ISSUED PHOTO I.D., LIKE A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PASSPORT. NOW, I THINK,...
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PLAY OUT IN THE '08 ELECTION. I THINK IT COULD AFFECT A FEW STATES WHERE
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IT'S IN FORCE NOW. I THINK IT IS ALSO VERY HARD TO CALL. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE I THINK THE COURT WILL BE VERY CLOSELY SPLIT. >> Host: CALLER...
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FATE CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS REVERSED THAT. THERE IS A SPLIT
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BETWEEN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND THE SEC, SO THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FILED A BRIEF THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORTED THE ADMINISTRATION, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT...
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SAYS THINGS ARE GOING WELL AND THE STOCK IS UP AT $30 IN VALUE AND THEN
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IT -- AND IT PLUMMETS DOWN TO 15 BECAUSE ACTUALLY THINGS WERE GOING BADLY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SUE THAT COMPANY. AND GET -- TRY TO RECOVER YOUR LOSSES...
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CHARACTER
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RATHER THAN THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN. THAT'S THE WAY HE DOES IT. HE IS DEFINITELY VILIFIED, OVER AND OTHER AGAIN LIKE THE CALLER THAT JUST CALLED IN,...
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PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM AND SO YOU HEAR THAT A LOT PEOPLE INTERACTIVE WITH HIM, PEOPLE AROUND
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THE COURT SPEAK VERY WELL OF THOMAS AS AN INDIVIDUAL. AND AGAIN, I SAID THIS EARLIER, THOMAS'S VIEW OF THE LAW AND THE PRINCIPLE HERE IS A VERY GOOD...
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OF ANYBODY IN THE LAST 30 YEARS WHO'S WRITTEN SORT OF A PERSONAL MEMOIR ABOUT THEMSELVES. WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS
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IN THE '40s
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AND '50s
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WAS THE KIND OF GUY CHURNING OUT BOOKS ALL THE TIME AND TALK ABOUT HIMSELF AND THE COURT BUT THERE IS ALMOST SORT OF A VOW OF SILENCE ABOUT THEIR ...
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Guest: YES. >> Guest: WICHITA, KANSAS, BY THE WAY JUSTICE THOMAS WILL
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BE ON THIS NETWORK AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK, ACTUALLY IT WILL BE SUNDAY ON Q & A. WE'LL BE TAPING THIS WEEK AND BE ON SUNDAY ON
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Q &
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A AT 8:00 EASTERN TIME. WICHITA, KANSAS. >> Caller: YES, GOOD MORNING. >> Host: GO AHEAD. >> Caller: GOOD MORNING. >> Guest:
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GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: ANOTHER COMMENT ABOUT JUSTICE
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THOMAS. I
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LISTENED TO THAT BROADCAST LAST NIGHT AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I WISH THAT HE HAD GIVEN AN INTERVIEW OR WRITTEN HIS BOOK EARLIER. I WAS RAISED BY MY GRANDMOTHER,...
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I CONTINUING IS
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NOT UNCOMMON
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IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES -- RAISED
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YOU WITH THE SPIRIT OF
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BEING OF SELF-DETERMINED AND TAKING CARE OF ONE'S SELF AND PROVIDING FOR ONE'S SELF AND ONE'S FAMILY AND WORKING HARD, ALWAYS WORKING HARD. I THINK...
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WRITTEN A LOT JUST ABOUT
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OPPOSING RACE-BASED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND PROBABLY YOU RIGHT HE HASN'T TRIED TO LAY OUT ANYTHING IN HIS COURT OPINIONS BUT IF YOU DON'T DO IT THAT...
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FROM THINGS LIKE ELECTROCUTION TO LETHAL INJECTION. IT WAS VIEWED AS A SAFE AND PAINLESS WAY TO CARRY OUT EXECUTIONS. BUT, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MEDICAL
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REPORTS A COUPLE YEARS AGO SAYING THAT THE THREE CHEMICAL COMPOUND THAT IS COMMONLY USED ACTUALLY MAY BE DISGUISING INTENSE FELT FELT BY THE DYING INMATES...
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WAY YOU, PRESIDENT BUSH CAN'T TELL US WHAT TO DO, YOU AREN'T THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED. MEXICO WENT TO
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THE INTERNATIONAL COURT IN THE HAGUE, SITED VIENNA CONVENTION, WHICH PEOPLE MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ABROADER AND GET ARRESTED, YOU...
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WILLIAM & MARY AND I MUST SAY I DID ENCOUNTER A
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LIBERAL BIAS AT LAW
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SCHOOL.
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I'M TAKING SOME TIME OFF BUT I JUST
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FEEL VERY STRONG ABOUT THIS
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ISSUE SO I THOUGHT I WOULD CALL IN. FOR ONE, DURING MY FIRST WEEK AT LAW SCHOOL, THERE WERE CHEAP SHOTS TAKEN ABOUT JUSTICES SCALIA AND THOMAS, PEOPLE...
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SCHOOLS AND AMONG LAW STUDENTS THEY
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WANTED TO ORGANIZE THEIR OWN GROUP TO BE SORT OF A COUNTER TO THE LIBERAL VIEW. IT'S UNQUESTIONABLY I THINK TRUE IN MOST BIG LAW SCHOOLS THEY SORT...
00:46:24
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FEDERAL APPEALS COURT, GONE THROUGH THE CHAIN AND HAVE LOST CITING A FEDERAL ISSUE OR THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, IF I'VE FILED A SUIT IN THE STATE COURTS...
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LOSE AT THE STATE SUPREME COURT, YOU THEN HAVE 90 DAYS THAT YOU CAN FILE A PETITION AT THE SUPREME COURT IN SAYING YOU, THE SUPREME COURT, SHOULD TAKE...
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DISCHARGED. SHE BELIEVED SHE WAS LET GO BECAUSE OF AGE DISCRIMINATION -- AGE BIAS. SHE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST SPRINT AND AS PART OF HER LAWSUIT,...
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WERE FIRED SO SIGH, -- SAY THEY'D, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING. THE JUDGE SAID, NO THESE PEOPLE WORKED FOR OTHER SUPERVISORS AND THE QUESTION...
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FOR EVERY STATE. THAT MEANS THAT
00:48:53
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WYOMING, WITH A POPULATION OF UNDER 800,000 GETS TWO SENATORS. AND CALIFORNIA, WITH A POPULATION OF 54 MILLION, GETS TWO SENATORS. AND WHEN YOU LOOK...
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MAIN ISSUE WHETHER JUDGES CAN
00:49:53
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IMPOSE LOWER SENTENCES CALLED FOR BY THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES. THERE IS A SERIES OF FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT SETS VERY
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STRICT STANDARDS FOR DRUG SENTENCES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FELLOW -- A GUY NAMED DERRICK KIMBRO CAUGHT IN HIS CAR IN
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NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
00:50:09
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HAD CRACK COCAINE AND A GUN. THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES
00:50:12
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CALLED FOR SOMETHING LIKE 22 YEARS IN PRISON. THE JUDGE GAVE HIM 15. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION APPEALED SAYING, NO, YOU CAN'T -- THE JUDGE SAID 22 IS...
00:51:23
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MAINTAINED SORT OF THE SAME LEVEL OF PUBLIC SUPPORT. I DON'T THINK ACROSS THE BOARD IT HURT THE COURT TOO BADLY. >> Host: ONE LAST CALL FOR OUR GUEST,...
00:51:36
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LIKE TO CALL ABOUT JUDGE THOMAS. I THINK WHAT GETS MISUNDERSTOOD, HE IS IN DEEP DENIAL ABOUT HIS OWN ACCEPTANCE THROUGH AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. DOORS...
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FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. THAT'S NUMBER 1. NUMBER 2, IF IT WAS ABOUT THE CONTENT
00:51:55
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OF PEOPLE'S CHARACTER, THEN THE BANKS WOULD NOT BE DISCRIMINATING AT THE LEVEL OF 56% BLACK MORTGAGE LOANS, OKAY. AFRICAN-AMERICAN LOANS ARE DISCRIMINATORY....
00:53:00
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YEARS I THOUGHT VERY UNINTERESTING IN THE FALL THEY TAKE A BUNCH OF INTERESTING CASES IN THE FALL AND DECIDE THEM. THIS IS SORT
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OF LIKE A COLLEGE TERM. YOU SORT OF STUDY THINGS IN THE FALL AND HAVE TO HAVE FINAL EXAMS IN THE SPRING. YOU CAN SORT OF NEVER TELL HOW THE SUPREME...
00:53:37
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DEVICES. THE SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON AGAINST OUR DEPLOYED FORCES SAYS ONE EXPERT IN THAT
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FIELD. AS THE
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U.S. TRIES TO COMBAT IEDs IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SO MR. ATKINSON WILL BE ALONG AT 9:00 EASTERN TIME FOR A FULL HOUR TO GIVE US THE FULL TAKE ON HIS...

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