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Paul Smith's Blog: March 2008
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Friday, March 21, 2008. Re-defining “Family”—a way to destroy it. Those who seek to broaden the definition of “marriage” and “family” in order to secure for same-sex couples all the benefits that states confer on couples in a traditional marriages (between a man and a woman) are pursuing a course which will undermine marriage and which is geared to bring increased hardships and difficulties to children. Therefore, these efforts to redefine marriage should be defeated. One Church Street, Suite 910. Re: Ho...
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Paul Smith's Blog: July 2007
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Supreme Court Delivers Five, Important 5-4 Rulings—The Roles Played by Justices Roberts and Alito Are Key. On Thursday, June 28. The Supreme Court ended its term, by issuing several important rulings, five of which were extremely important, 5-4 rulings, in which Chief. Justice Roberts and Justice Alito combined with Justices Scalia, Kennedy and Thomas to bring narrow victories over the four more liberal Justices, Stevens, Souter, Ginsberg and Breyer. Are the five cases. By a 5-4 v...
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Paul Smith's Blog: 2008 Presidential Campaign Heats Up
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Saturday, October 11, 2008. 2008 Presidential Campaign Heats Up. 2008 Presidential Campaign Heats Up. John McCain (R) vs. Barack Obama (D). By C Paul Smith. The one “first” that is still up for grabs is whether Obama will be the first black president. This certainly looks possible. However, for my part, electing Obama would be a mistake. Race and color and religion have nothing to do with my views—my positions are issue-oriented, and here they are:. John McCain fights to preserve the right to bear arms&#...
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Paul Smith's Blog: Mitt Romney for President
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Friday, January 25, 2008. Mitt Romney for President. Mitt Romney is the best candidate for President of the United States. As I write this. I WHERE WE STAND AFTER THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY—THE END IS. NEAR FOR HUCKABEE, THOMPSON AND GIULIANI. Was desperate to win in South Carolina, and he didn’t. By finishing a distant third in a state that he believed to be the home of some of his most ardent supporters—this brought an end to the Thompson campaign. The combination of all of this will be that Romney and...
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Paul Smith's Blog: October 2008
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Saturday, October 11, 2008. The Roe v. Wade Scare Ad Tactic. By C Paul Smith. She has done for the Republican Party what John McCain could not do—energized the conservative base. Both Senator McCain and Governor Sarah Palin are solidly for the Right to Life—and starkly opposed to the Democratic ticket’s pro-abortion stance. Sarah Palin’s nomination has catapulted the McCain/ Palin ticket ahead of Obama/Biden in the polls. 4 A President can neither overturn a case nor amend the Constitution. Contrary ...
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Paul Smith's Blog: June 2007
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Thursday, June 21, 2007. FY 2008 Budget – Police. Tonight, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen will discuss/debate whether to pass a budget for FY08 which includes funding for six more police officers than were included in the Mayor’s budget. I received a compromise proposal from Alderman Imhoff yesterday which I expect to be the basis of further debate on this issue. What the ultimate outcome will be after our discussions tonight, I do not know. It is a matter of responsible fiscal management. I have suppor...
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Paul Smith's Blog: September 2007
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007. TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE IS BEST FOR REARING CHILDREN. It is anticipated that any future efforts to establish a right to same-sex marriage in Maryland will take place in the State Legislature. The superiority of the traditional marriage relationship for the rearing of children is supported by both the advantages of marriage to the couple and to the children. Homosexual women have a higher prevalence of substance use disorders than heterosexual women. Gay, lesbian and bisexual h...
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Paul Smith's Blog: January 2008
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Friday, January 25, 2008. Mitt Romney for President. Mitt Romney is the best candidate for President of the United States. As I write this. I WHERE WE STAND AFTER THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY—THE END IS. NEAR FOR HUCKABEE, THOMPSON AND GIULIANI. Was desperate to win in South Carolina, and he didn’t. By finishing a distant third in a state that he believed to be the home of some of his most ardent supporters—this brought an end to the Thompson campaign. The combination of all of this will be that Romney and...
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Paul Smith's Blog: Supreme Court Confers Habeas Corpus Rights on Alien Enemy Combatants
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Saturday, October 11, 2008. Supreme Court Confers Habeas Corpus Rights on Alien Enemy Combatants. Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. (2008). By C Paul Smith. On June l2, 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that alien enemy combatants1 detained abroad by our military forces in the course of an on-going war have a constitutional right to habeas corpus relief. Never before has the Constitution given this right to aliens abroad. II Problems with Boumediene. 2 This ruling by the Supreme Court effectively overturns the 19...
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Paul Smith's Blog: October 2007
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Monday, October 8, 2007. COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS STATUTE LIMITING MARRIAGE TO OPPOSITE-SEX COUPLES. Around the country, those who follow the development of gay rights and the effort of gays to secure the right to same-sex marriage had been waiting anxiously for almost a year for the Court of Appeals to rule. Several other states have weighed in on this issue, and except for Massachusetts, [2]. The Court held that the rational basis standard was the proper one (Conaway, p. 96). The Court held that “...