David Remer: Legislation and PolicyReferences to actual Bills or Policy papers.Lone Star Statement- February 28, 2004 Washington Post: Editorial THE SUPREME COURT delivered this week a well-deserved rebuke to the Texas justice system and to the federal appeals court that reviews death cases from America's most enthusiastic capital punishment state. Texas came within 10 minutes of executing Delma Banks Jr. last year before the high court stepped in and agreed to hear his case. This week, seven justices declared his death sentence an unconstitutional product of prosecutorial misconduct, and all nine agreed that.http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,32764660,2093,f/ Debasing the Constitution- February 26, 2004 Debasing the Constitution Washington Post: Editorialhttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,32552160,2093,f/ Senate Democrats Block Caps for Malpractice- February 26, 2004 For the second time in less than a year, Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a White House-backed effort to impose caps on jury awards in medical malpractice cases. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg. New York Times: Businesshttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/25/politics/25MEDI.html?ex=1393045200&en=ba7981458d... Bill on Gunmaker Immunity Moving Forward- February 26, 2004 AP Politicshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,32605665,1467,f/ Ashcroft Forms New Intelligence Council- February 26, 2004 AP Politics By CURT ANDERSON WASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites) announced a new effort Wednesday to harness and direct intelligence-gathering among key Justice Department (news - web sites) agencies, including the FBI (news - web sites), Drug Enforcement Agency and Bureau of Prisons.http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,32605664,1467,f/ Fortune favors the big- February 26, 2004 Ah! The advantages of being big! Here's another case of Big Pharma using its clout, its presence behind closed doors, to get unrestricted access to US tax dollars, all in the name of homeland security.Since 911, the government has been rightly concerned about the creation of pandemic diseases and their being loosed on the US population (smallpox, anthrax, or yet unknown ones). For that reason, a program to develop the capacity to create rapid-response vaccines has been created as part of...http://radio.weblogs.com/0124721/categories/legislationAndPolicy/2004/02/26.html#a4814 House to Vote on Unborn Victims Bill- February 26, 2004 AP Politics By JIM ABRAMS WASHINGTON - The legal rights of the fetus are at issue in a House vote on legislation that would make it two separate crimes to harm both a pregnant woman and her unborn child. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act, expected to pass the House Thursday, has the strong endorsement of the White House and was near the top of the election-year wish list for President Bush (news - web sites)'s conservative base. Backers said the measure was needed to bring federal...http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,32631599,1467,f/ Justices Rule States May Deny College Aid to Clergy Students- February 26, 2004 Washington Post: Nation and Politicshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,32635145,2086,f/ Court OKs Denial of Divinity Scholarships- February 25, 2004 ---AP Politicshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,32583040,1467,f/ GOP to Push Medical Malpractice Bill- February 25, 2004 - -AP Politicshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,32587563,1467,f/ |