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Opinion: The One Question Elena Kagan Won't Get Asked

Jun 29th 2010 – 2:07PM

(June 29) -- Here's something you won't learn about at Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings. Every week or so, the U.S. Supreme Court renders the final decision in hundreds of cases, and its answer is almost always the same: deny. The court swats away about 99 percent of the 8,000 litigants asking for its attention each...

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  • 05/31/12 Leamington FC: Football: Leamington land another... Source: Coventry Evening Telegraph - Coventry - West Midlands - UK LEAMINGTON manager Paul Holleran has further boosted his striking options for the next season by snapping up Lewis Powell from Evo-Stik Premier Division rivals Chippenham Town. The 22-year-old is the son of Wayne Powell, who had a three-game spell as caretaker manager at the New Windmill Ground in the 2009-10 campaign.
  • 05/30/12 Fox News cuts Obama attack ad Source: Salon.com In the arena of political commentary, few things are considered more clearly below-the-belt than comparing an opponent to Hitler.
  • 05/29/12 CHIPPENHAM TOWN: Powell and Tindle head for the exit... Source: Gazette & Herald - Swindon - Wiltshire - UK Chippenham Town chief Nathan Rudge has confirmed that striker Lewis Powell and defender Greg Tindle are set to leave the club this summer. 22-year-old Powell, who netted ten goals before his season was wrecked by an unfortunate leg break in January, is expected to sign for league rivals Leamington while Tindle, 23, is leaving Hardenhuish Park in a bid to earn a deal at a Conference club.
  • 05/16/12 NYT's Stelter Reports Media's Support for Gay... Source: NewsBusters.org For years, conservative media critics have asserted that many mainstream journalists favor gay marriage and tilt their coverage of the topic accordingly.
  • 05/10/12 It's About the Empathy, Stupid Source: Slate We all like to pretend that our views are etched in stone at an early age, and exist, fixed outside of our own experience.

Background on Lewis Powell

Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865), also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H.

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