Reuters – The Obama administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to lift an injunction halting human embryonic stem cell research, saying it would irreparably harm research and cost more than 1,300 jobs.
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Obama administration appeals stem cell injunction
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AP – The Obama administration on Tuesday asked a federal judge to lift a restraining order that it says could undercut federally funded embryonic stem cell research.
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Feds appeal order blocking stem cell research
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The Christian Science Monitor – A federal judge in Phoenix made “serious errorsâ€� when she agreed with the Obama administration and blocked key sections of a controversial Arizona immigration law, according to lawyers for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer.
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AZ brief: judge made ‘serious errors’ in blocking SB 1070
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The judge who decided the Proposition 8 case in California yesterday is gay : The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker , is himself gay. It’s funny I didn’t hear of this until today. Of course, I haven’t really kept up with the issue, I had little doubt it would be ruled unconstitutional. His reasoning seemed really horrible, too, from the little bits and pieces I heard yesterday. I’ll try to read his decision and post my thoughts on it if I get a chance. Filed under: Politics
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AP – Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s health care reform package cleared its first legal hurdle Monday when a federal judge ruled the law raises a host of complex constitutional issues.
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Va. health care reform lawsuit clears 1st hurdle
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AP – The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.
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Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration
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The liberal activist federal judge’s ruling today blocking the key provisions of Arizona’s tough anti-illegal alien law was not exactly unexpected. Federal authorities who are trying to overturn the law have argued that letting the Arizona law stand would create a patchwork of immigration laws nationwide that would needlessly complicate the foreign relations of the United
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ACLU Sues and Localities Retreat from Immigration Laws
