Portugal constitutional court blocks referendum on abortion law
Portugal's constitutional court has blocked a national referendum designed to relax the country's abortion laws. Prime Minister Jose Socrates and the ruling Socialist party had intended to hold the referendum on November 27...
Christian evangelist may testify to White House assurances on Miers
The US Senate Judiciary Committee will likely call Focus on the Family founder James Dobson , to testify at confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers , Committee chairman Arlen Specter said...
JURIST Guest Columnist Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland School of Law says that contrary to what some female politicians, commentators and even the First Lady of the United States have said, skepticism about the qualifications of Harriet Miers...
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) said Sunday that US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers , a longtime friend and legal counsel to President Bush, lacks the requisite votes to be approved by the Senate. Schumer's comments...
Senators predicted Thursday that the confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers , scheduled to begin November 7th , will probably not finish before Thanksgiving as hoped for by the White House. Senator Arlen...
The administration of Missouri Governor Matt Blunt will continue its legal defense of a state law prohibiting inmates from obtaining abortions unless a woman's life or health is endangered, despite the US Supreme Court's recent decision...
According to congressional aides, confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee are set to begin on November 7. The aides have said that committee chairman...
Members of the Independent Inquiry Committee created to investigate the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme discussed their findings and recommendations with the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee in testimony...
Miers confirmation questionnaire [US Senate Judiciary Committee]
US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' responses to the US Senate Judiciary Committee nomination questionnaire, released October 18, 2005. Read the full text of the answered questionnaire . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.ALSO ON JURIST Op-ed: Two Cheers for Harriet...
US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers Tuesday submitted her responses to written questions posed by the Senate Judiciary Committee , revealing past support for a constitutional amendment banning abortions except when necessary to...
