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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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WASHINGTON -- An eminent Harvard law professor, James Thayer (1831-1902), argued that although the judicial function is "merely that of fixing the outside border of reasonable legislative action," this still gives courts "a great and stately jurisdiction." While patrolling that jurisdiction today, Supreme Court justices may be playing the video game "Postal 2," whose rich menu of simulated mayhem provoked California's Legislature to pass a problematic law.
Congress reconvenes for the second leg of its lame-duck session on Monday with a long to-do list. As with any to-do list come dates by which the chores need to be completed.
NEW YORK -- In a political culture where moderation is the new heresy, centrism is fast becoming the new black.
We won't be able to say we weren't warned. Continued huge federal budget deficits will eventually mean huge increases in government borrowing costs, Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of Barack Obama's deficit reduction commission, predicted this month. "The markets will come. They will be swift, and they will be severe, and this country will never be the same."
Enough of the bellyaching. All this grousing about the lousy economy is just bad form on Thanksgiving.
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Dont look know but Ed Markey is starting to sweat in the battle for an open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts later this month.
Earlier polls showed Markey with a double-digit lead but two polls released on Monday show the Democratic congressman with a smaller margin over Republican challenger Gabriel Gomez in the special election for the seat vacated when John Kerry became secretary of state.
Suffolk University released a poll showing Markey with 48 percent and Gomez with 41 percent with the rest undecided or backing minor candidates.
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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced on Monday that the Florida State Parks are a finalist for the 2013 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park Recreation Management by the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association.
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U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., is not happy that a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) assessment will be released next week, arguing it could shrink the 28-day red snapper season currently in place for the Gulf.
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has been appearing a great deal on national cable shows in the past few days, mostly to weigh in on immigration reform. But hes also been pushing his proposed amendment to the Constitution taking aim at President Barack Obamas health care law.
Rubio appeared on The 700 Club on Monday to pitch his proposed Right to Refuse amendment. He explained why, after a Supreme Court ruling last year upholding the law, the amendment was needed.
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A new Rasmussen Reports poll released Monday shows over half of Americans distrust the president, executive branch, Congress and federal judges to make sure national surveillance programs are abiding by the Constitution.
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Jorge Bonilla, a Navy veteran who also served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, announced on Monday that he is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla. Bonilla, a court interpreter, is hoping his Puerto Rican heritage will help win over the growing population of Puerto Ricans in Central Florida.
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A poll from Quinnipiac University finds Booker far ahead of his Democratic rivals. With 53 percent, Booker crushed two congressmen -- Rush Holt and Frank Pallone -- while 23 percent are undecided. Holt takes 10 percent and Pallone garners 9 percent. The poll was taken before New Jersey state Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver jumped in the race.
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On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott announced that GardaWorld Cash Services has employed more than 500 Floridians in the two years since moving its American headquarters from California to Boca Ration.
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Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio continues to insist that if more border security is not added as part of his immigration reform bill, he would be open to voting against the measure he has publicly championed.
Appearing on Univision on Sunday, Rubio offered his thoughts on the bill.
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Most American voters -- more than half -- are opposed to the governments secret collection of phone records, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll released Sunday.
Just last week, it was revealed that the National Security Administration had collected the phone records of millions of Verizon Communications customers -- many of them Americans. The Obama administration defended the seizure of the records, claiming they were used as part of U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
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