Spectacle surrounds Kagan confirmation amid Senate debates
Opinion argues the Senate fails to live up to its label as the world's greatest deliberative body as it confronts Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination. The piece recalls past contentious confirmations of Roberts Alito and Sotomayor and accuses some senators of demagoguery and political gamesmanship. It notes Obama’s Senate voting record on Roberts and Alito and urges wiser judgment.
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Elena Kagan
Barack Obama
Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Kagan
Harvard Law School
Law School
George W. Bush
Appeals Court
John Roberts
Roberts
Bush
Samuel Alito
Obama
Sonia Sotomayor
Sotomayor
Illinois
Alito
Councilor lauds festival role and government stance
Dear Editor letter praises Dusty Huckabee and his May 6 UFO festival note. It commends his view of government’s proper role in the city and calls for more alignment at all levels of government.
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Dusty Huckabee
Dusty
Roswell Graduates Enter Military Postings
Army Pvt. Roy L. McCann, son of Cecil W. McCann and Jeannine L. Wolfe, arrived in Augsburg West Germany for duty. His wife Jacqueline is daughter of Lavada Carter of Roswell. he is a 1983 Roswell High School graduate. Monty D. Mince of Roswell, a 1980 graduate, has been promoted to staff sergeant and serves as a communications equipment specialist at Offutt AFB Nebraska with the 1st Aerospace Information Systems Wing.
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Jeannine L. Wolfe
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West Germany
McCann
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Lavada Carter
Roswell
Roswell High School
Monty D. Mince
Jimmy L. Mince
Lucy L. Brady
Mince
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
1St Aerospace Information Systems Wing
Open borders and final solution in immigration debate
A New Mexico News Services 2010 piece argues against open borders, likening unchecked immigration to a national existential threat. It contrasts U S border controls with Mexico's laws, calls for stricter policies, and asserts sovereignty and constitutional duties in citizen protection.
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China
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Kagan Supreme Court nomination heightens social issues in election year
President Obama nominates Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court raising abortion privacy and other social issues for debate as election season nears. Specter and Hatch face scrutiny over earlier votes while tea party activism shapes the confirmation atmosphere.
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Barack Obama
Elena Kagan
Supreme Court
Kagan
Sonia Sotomayor
Arlen Specter
Orrin Hatch
Congress
Culture war as political weapon and counterpoint
The essay argues culture war power rests not in mass opinion but in elites who name reality. It credits politics with shaping abortion and culture, cites NOM founder James Davison Hunter as critique, and notes the danger of elite dominance while acknowledging political backlash can curb overreach.
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America
Hunter
National Organization For Marriage
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