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Chief justice is not a neutral umpire

...absolutely right. His understanding of that could be a major reason Roberts broke with the other justices appointed by Republican presidents and wrote for the majority that the provisions of the healthcare law fall within Congress's constitutional authority...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-09/chief-justice-not-neutral-umpire
Opinion
Neither business nor government built the Tongass

...And in Southeast Alaska lives a clue that goes beyond the President's message but came from the genius of a Republican President. It's called the Tongass National Forest.To begin with, both candidates took part of their opponent's message...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-09-29/neither-business-nor-government-built
Opinion
'50 Capitols in 50 Days' coming to Juneau

...and Thursday, and Alaska on Tuesday."I have always felt a strong connection to Abraham Lincoln, our first Republican president," Straub said, "because of his values, his commitment to saving the Union, and because of Lincoln's connection...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-10-08/50-capitols-50-days-coming-juneau
Local
Big-name no-shows for the GOP, Dem conventions

...I'm excited to hear them," says Palin, McCain's running mate in 2008.Most of the Bush clan - including Republican Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush - will skip the trip to Tampa. So will former Vice President Dick Cheney...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-08-17/big-name-no-shows-gop-dem-conventions
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Texas town's rental ban to get second hearing

...will now go before the full membership of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, with 10 judges appointed by Republican presidents and just five by Democrats.So far, no court has allowed Farmers Branch to enforce any form of the ordinance...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-09-19/texas-towns-rental-ban-get-second-hea
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GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark

...outrageous and demeaning to women," and it contended they were "a reminder that a Republican Congress working with a Republican President Mitt Romney would feel that women should not be able to make choices about their own health care."Said spokeswoman...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-10-25/gop-candidates-close-races-disavow-ra
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Should Christians be more like Jesus?

...Catholic Paul Ryan, though he has distanced himself in recent months from his past allegiance.As my favorite Republican President, "I Like Ike." The "guns or butter" trade-offs from WWII would have been familiar to former five-star general...

http://juneauempire.com/letters/2012-11-02/should-christians-be-more-jesus
Letters
4 GOP-appointed justices control health law's fate

...scholar and dean of the law school at the University of California, Irvine. "But every judge appointed by a Republican president, with two exceptions, has voted to strike the law down. And every judge appointed by a Democratic president...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-03-19/4-gop-appointed-justices-control-heal
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Republican lawmakers target Endangered Species Act

...enmity of environmentalists, who helped defeat him in 2006.Hastings said the Endangered Species Act - which Republican President Richard Nixon signed into law in 1973 - "is failing, and failing badly" in its efforts to recover endangered...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2011-12-30/republican-lawmakers-target-endanger
Outdoors
Doomsday doubters and the debt-ceiling debate

...factor holding Quayle and other House Republicans back, he said. Past budget deals, including some negotiated by Republican presidents, have often promised spending cuts, but when the time came for spending to be reduced, Congress backed down...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-07-24/doomsday-doubters-and-debt-ceiling-de
Opinion

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