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A small group of Senate conservatives who loathe the federal appeals court in San Francisco--probably the nation's most liberal--has succeeded in keeping a seat on the court vacant for a record-breaking 44 months.Because of developments Friday in Washington, DC. (that you'll never hear about), that position and a second may remain unfilled considerably longer, leading to (bogus, race-baiting, leftist) charges by Latino and women's rights activists that race and gender are playing a troubling role.Currently, seven of the 28 positions on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals are vacant, resulting in a massive backlog (Yippee!!!). Court officials say 800 ...

When I was growing up in the 1950s, my friends would argue about whether a Jew or a catholic could ever become president. Then John F. Kennedy, a Catholic committed to the separation of church and state, was elected and everyone said that the most exclusive club in the world was no longer restricted to Protestants; anyone could be president. Now the doors are once again being shut in the face of anyone who has not found Jesus.The current campaign for president, which has not even officially begun, is promising to become the most anticonstitutional election in American history.The U.S. ...

"I will not vote for Democrats. It's too dangerous for the country." - Sergei KhrushchevSon of the former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, who became a citizen this month and will vote in his first presidential election next year.

In the last two years, Jose Luis Pena has had four vehicles seized by Los Angeles police, the price of driving without a license. The refrigerator repairman has also paid thousands of dollars in fines, towing fees and storage costs.Yet Pena continues to drive the streets in his battered pickup, always worrying about seeing flashing police lights in his rearview mirror. That would signal yet another loss to the impound lot another battery of fines.But Pena, a 31-year-old father of four from Mexico, remains locked in the driver's seat. "To work, to sustain my family," he said, "I have to ...