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When Justice John Paul Stephens issued his 1984 opinion in Chevron U.S.A. v. National Resources Defense Council, he started what legal scholar Gary Lawson later called “nothing less than a bloodless constitutional revolution.” At long last, on Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear two cases that may signal the beginning of the end to that revolution. Article I of the Constitution explicitly directs that “All legislative Power herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States,” not regulatory agencies. Yet Justice Stephens’ opinion found that “agenc[ies] may . . . properly rely upon the incumbent administration’s views...

Yes, it's NBC News. But the story is frighteningly to the point. Iraqi officials claim ISIS burned dozens of people alive, just five miles from a base where hundreds of U.S. marines are deployed as advisers. They have named Italy as next European target.

Jul 20, 2011 — Will the Texas governor elbow his way into the crowded presidential race? Longtime Perry watcher Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune talks about why he thinks Perry will run and what kind of candidate he'd be. [snip] We spoke with the Texas Tribune's Evan Smith about the man he has followed since the early 1990s. A former editor of Texas Monthly magazine, Smith says he's convinced Perry will make a run at the White House, and tells us why other Republican hopefuls should be worried.

Obama Pledges 'Relentless' Oil Spill Cleanup, Defends Federal Response FOXNews.com President Obama warned Sunday that the vast oil spill nearing the Gulf coastline is a "potentially unprecedented" disaster, as he and other top administration officials defended their response and pledged a "relentless" government effort to clean up the slick.

MCLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed the United States would keep relentless pressure on al Qaeda and ensure extremist networks, which he called a "principle" threat, do not find safe havens overseas. "We know that al Qaeda and its extremist allies threaten us from different corners of the globe -- from Pakistan but also from East Africa and Southeast Asia; from Europe and the Gulf," Obama said in a visit to the National Counterterrorism Center. "And that's why we're applying focused and relentless pressure on al Qaeda," he said, citing intelligence-sharing, disruption of terrorism financing, and...

Excerpt - In May 2006, Clinton herself had interviewed another experienced campaign consultant, Steve Hildebrand, but had turned him down. The time was not right. And she had plenty of time. But it would prove to be a costly mistake. A few months later, Steve Hildebrand would play a key role in persuading Barack Obama to run for president. Hillary still was not worried. She would put together a great campaign team, a Dream Team. It did not turn out that way. “Happy families are alike,” Leo Tolstoy famously wrote. “Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The...

I'm interested in picking up some of the movies from the 2004 festival - Relentless, MMHates America, Celsius 41.11. Is there one place I can get them all? I searched Barnes & Noble to no avail. I want to avoid ordering each individually and paying more shipping than I need. Also, can anyone critique either of these movies for me?

President Bush, First Lady Laura Bush and the twins arrived to a rousing ovation from an incredible crowd in Erie Pennsylvania today. See he was looking right at me.. : )

MIRANSHAH: An unmanned US drone made low flights over the Miranshah bazaar and adjacent areas in the North Waziristan Agency on Thursday since authorities feared foreign elements had reportedly tried to take refuge there after leaving the South Waziristan Agency where a military campaign was still underway. Witnesses said the drone remained in the area for about an hour. “It came so low at some points that we were quite frightened,” said an eyewitness. Intelligence reports suggested Al Qaeda suspects were trying to slip into other tribal agencies after they were flushed out from South Waziristan during the recent army...

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RELENTLESS: The Movie That Gets People Involved With "everyone talking about" improving Israel's information campaign, it appears that someone has finally done something about it. HonestReporting.com, a global organization dedicated to fighting media bias against Israel, has produced an hour-long documentary film named "Relentless," showing how Israel has been terrorized by the Oslo process. Seen to date by many tens of thousands of people, the movie boasts a remarkable "success" rate; 80% of those who watched the movie in New York and Los Angeles theaters expressed a desire to be more involved in Israel activism. The film's title is an...