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el 30-Jun-2008 | The Washington Post points out that:
as justices finished their work last week, two overarching truths about the court remained unchanged: It is sharply divided ideologically on some of the most fundamental constitutional questions, and the coming presidential election will determine its future path.
A victory by the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, would probably mean preserving the uneasy but roughly balanced status quo, since the justices who are considered most likely to retire are liberal. A win for his Republican counterpart, John McCain, could mean a fundamental shift to a consistently conservative majority ready to take on past court rulings on abortion rights, affirmative action and other issues important to the right. Among those issues is surely evolution education. Twenty-one years ago, the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law requiring equal time for evolution and creationism. Last week, Louisiana passed another creationist bill – the leading edge of the next generation of creationist assaults on evolution, one designed to dodge existing legal precedents.
Should that law, or one like it, reach the Supreme Court, what would happen?
In 1987, the Court voted 7-2 to strike down the law. Scalia and Rehnquist voted to uphold the law. Since then, Rehnquist was replaced by Roberts (a wash), and the court gained conservative Justices Alito and Thomas (who is more conservative even than Scalia). Justice Kennedy, who voted against the Louisiana Bill, is now the crucial swing vote on the Court, and shows a disturbing tendency to waffle on key issues. Assuming he remains firm in his anti-creationism, though, we now have a 5-4 court if the same law were presented. A single McCain judge could overturn Edwards v. Aguillard.
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| Could a McCain win impact evolution education? | | The Washington Post points out that:
as justices finished their work last week, two overarching truths about the court remained unchanged: It is sharply divided ideologically on some of the most fundamental constitutional questions, and the coming presidential election will determine its future path.
A victory by the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, would [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Jun-2008 by Thoughts in Creationism
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Thoughts from Kansas You will notice that it lacks definiteness; that it lacks purpose; that it lacks coherence; that it lacks a subject to talk about; that it is loose and wabbly; that it wanders around; that |
| Come help defend evolution | | NCSE wants your help:
The National Center for Science Education, a non-profit organization that defends the teaching of evolution in the public schools, seeks candidates for a position in its Public Information Project.
Staff members in the Public Information Project provide advice and support to local activists faced with threats to evolution education in their communities [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-May-2008 by Thoughts in Culture Wars
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| McCain admits more drilling is useless | | MSNBC's First Read quotes McCain justifying offshore oil drilling:
Even though it may take some years, the fact that we are exploiting those reserves would have psychological impact that I think is beneficial.In other words, it does nothing, but might sound good to people who don't pay attention to details.
This, my friends, is not what we need in a presid [..] Read complete article | | Published 24-Jun-2008 by Thoughts in Policy and Politics
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| Thoughts From Kansas | Blogger | Weblog of a University of Kansas ecology and evolutionary biology student, fighting for progressive politics, evolution, and endangered species.
Thoughts from Kansas You will notice that it lacks definiteness; that it lacks purpose; that it lacks coherence; that it lacks a subject to talk about; that it is loose and wabbly; that it wanders around; that |
| Taking McSame to the woodshed | | Nitpicker's Terry Welch puts John McCain in his place:
I'm bothered by John McCain's response to Barack Obama, who pointed out that Webb's remodeled G.I. Bill is something McCain should get behind.…
I feel a true disdain for noncommissioned officers in what McCain is saying when he says the bill would encourage "people not to choose to become noncommissioned off [..] Read complete article | | Published 23-May-2008 by Thoughts in Policy and Politics
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| Science Education | | A teacher at Netroots Nation asks what can be done to improve science education, and to get principles of science as a process back into classes within the NCLB framework.
Gore responded briefly that it is "really harmful that science education… [has] been pushed out of the experience our children have in schools in order to teach to a test."
Pelosi answered by talking s [..] Read complete article | | Published 19-Jul-2008 by Thoughts in Policy and Politics
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| Jumpgate Evolution Demands Your Attention [Jumpgate Evolution] | | NetDevil's Jumpgate evolution is a concept that sells itself. Massively multiplayer Wing Commander, anyone? How about some co-operative Privateer? It's a game that combines twitch-action space combat with levels and experience points. It's an excuse to dust off those old fl [..] Read complete article | | Published 23-Jul-2008 by Mike Fahey in jumpgate evolution Codemasters Gallery Media Mmorpg Netdevil Q&A
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| Thoughts From Kansas | Blogger | Weblog of a University of Kansas ecology and evolutionary biology student, fighting for progressive politics, evolution, and endangered species.
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| McCain, 100 years of Iraq, and the wrong year to stop shooting heroin | | The braintrust at conservative blog RedState is fed up with people complaining about John McCain's enthusiasm for a century more of our awesome Iraqi adventure. Sure, when McCain was asked if he minded 50 more years in Iraq, he responded "make it 100," and sure that'd mean 20 times the devastation to that nation and to our military. But RedState sees it through a different lens:
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| John McCain takes a vow | | In a townhall meeting, John McCain said "I want to look you in the eye: I will not raise taxes." Anti-tax wingnut Grover Norquist declared that this was:
an updated version of "Read my lips, no new taxes"That line of course, was George H. W. Bush's promise, which Bush promptly broke.
Of course, McCain's record in terms of keeping vows is pretty weak. Se [..] Read complete article | | Published 05-Aug-2008 by Thoughts in Policy and Politics
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