Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Alito Signals Reluctance To Reverse 'Roe' Ruling .Supreme Court nominee Samuel A
Alito Signals Reluctance To Reverse 'Roe' Ruling .Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. has signaled he would be highly reluctant to overturn long-standing precedents such as the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling, a move that has helped to silence some of his critics and may resolve a key problem early in the Senate confirmation process, several senators said yesterday. .
France, in disorder, declares emergency. PARIS France declared a 12-day state of emergency Tuesday in an attempt by the government to curb the worst civil disturbances in the country in nearly four decades.
GOP Leaders Urge Probe in Prisons Leak .Congress's top Republican leaders yesterday demanded an immediate joint House and Senate investigation into the disclosure of classified information to The Washington Post that detailed a web of secret prisons being used to house and interrogate terrorism suspects. .
France, in disorder, declares emergency. PARIS France declared a 12-day state of emergency Tuesday in an attempt by the government to curb the worst civil disturbances in the country in nearly four decades.
GOP Leaders Urge Probe in Prisons Leak .Congress's top Republican leaders yesterday demanded an immediate joint House and Senate investigation into the disclosure of classified information to The Washington Post that detailed a web of secret prisons being used to house and interrogate terrorism suspects. .