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Archive for October 9th, 2002

Dems call on Pitt to quit

Quicken Brokerage – News Center It is about time: Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt called on President Bush Wednesday to replace Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt, but the White House rejected the call. In a letter to President Bush, the Democratic leaders pointed to allegations that Mr. [...]

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Well, at least the Democrats have learned something

Yahoo! News – Democrats Plan Extensive Voter Monitoring Democratic Party leaders said Tuesday they will launch an extensive effort to promote and monitor voters’ rights on Election Day and will put “thousands” of lawyers in place to respond to voters’ complaints. After the difficulties in Florida in the 2000 election and during the Sept. 10 [...]

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Democracy loses

Yahoo! News – Appeals court says deportation hearings can be closed, backing Justice Department on security The Appeals Court has decided that Ashcroft can arbitrarily and without cause close deportation hearings to the public. At least, that is the conclusion of this article: A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that immigration hearings may be closed [...]

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