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President Obama—the imperial President, the “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone” President who can’t wait to show us his “year of action”—once vowed to do exactly the opposite. "The biggest problems that we’re facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that’s what I intend to reverse when I’m President of the United States of America." That was candidate Obama back in 2008. This comment somehow slipped under the radar for the past few years and resurfaced...

CA APPEALS COURT RULES UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR OF SAF LAWSUIT For Immediate Release: 1/9/2008 In a unanimous decision today, the California Court of Appeals ruled that the City of San Francisco’s handgun ban is illegal under state law, upholding a lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation and several other groups. “This is a great day for gun owners and civil rights in California,” said SAF Founder Alan M. Gottlieb. “This is the second time we successfully fought a gun ban in San Francisco, and what this demonstrates is that the city’s leadership is as horribly out of touch with...

Bush Administration Files Another Partial-Birth Abortion Lawsuit Brief Email this article Printer friendly page by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com Editor February 12, 2005 Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Bush administration on Friday filed another brief defending the federal ban on partial-birth abortions. The brief comes in an appeal of a Nebraska judge's decision overturning the ban in one of three lawsuits filed against it by abortion advocates.The brief is part of an appeal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging a September ruling by U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf saying the ban was too vague and would prohibit other types of abortions.The...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2003 Contact: Elizabeth Keys, 202-224-2928 ***MEDIA ADVISORY *** UPDATE: MAJORITY LEADER FRIST TO JOIN SEN. CORNYN, GRASSROOTS GROUPS RALLY FOR JUDGES: "DEMOCRAT OBSTRUCTION DAY" Washington, D.C.- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will make an important announcement regarding the Senate judicial confirmation process on Friday, May 9, at 12 p.m., Upper Senate Park/Russell Park (Rain Site - Capitol LBJ Room, S-211). The Majority Leader will join Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and a broad coalition of more than 75 grassroots organizations seeking an end to the Democrats' filibuster of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees at a...