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See: www.reinstatealtonmaddox.net for "Black Capital and White Capitalism," "NYC Without a Weekly Political Forum," "Canvassing Votes on Slave Wages," "Minority Control Over Blacks and Browns in NYC," "Blacks Buy the Brooklyn Bridge," "Critical Thinking and Electoral Politics," "UAM and Jim Crow Politics," "Hurricane Gustav: Natural or Man-Made"?" and "The GOP and Hurricane Gustav.
Every Republican president since the Goldwater presidential candidacy in 1964 has chipped away at basic civil rights and civil liberties. Many white women would prefer to receive unequal pay under McCain than equal pay under Obama, even though McCain opposed the Ledbetter Act, which sought to overturn a Supreme Court decision against working women.
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Topics such as pay, leave and benefits are pocketbook issues that influence votes, but for the most part, Republican nominee John McCain and Democratic nominee Barack Obama haven't devoted much campaign time to them. Although they may not dwell on employment topics, Obama and McCain would take different approaches. In his nomination acceptance speech, Obama promoted an activist government that provides paid sick days, expands family leave, protects pensions "ahead of CEO bonuses" and delivers on "the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work." But to Obama, issues such as pay equity provide an opportunity to connect with an important Democratic constituency -- and one that he needs to woo after a bruising battle with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, for the Democratic nominat...
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... is the argument that BCRA Title I violates equal protection by discriminating against political par...390-394 (declaration of Sen. John McCain ¶ ;¶ ;5, 8-11 (hereinafter McCain Decl.));...
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... masse, if at all, and without pretense of equal treatment for all persons under the law. "Illegal ...But cf Tyche Hendricks, McCain, Obama Avoiding Fray on Immigration, S.F. CHRON. (...
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... of McDonald's work in South Carolina, see McCain v. Lybrand, 465 U.S. 236 (1984) (holding that juri...
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The only reason [[JOHN MCCAIN] is] saving he's going after Clinton voters is because if he doesn't win their votes, he's not going to win this election," says Cécile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood. "Even though I think it's a real wash-up for him, he's got to find some more voters somewhere. That's the political math here.
NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan says his shifting rhetoric is an attempt to "game" the electorate and confuse voters about his actual stances. "[The McCain campaign] knows full well that women in America, especially independent and pro-choice women, will not support a candidate who wants to overturn Roe v. Wade" Keenan says. "So they're still trying to make the case that he's a moderate and a maverick, when his record proves that he is nei...
...Education and training. McCain has an equally dismal record on other issues central to women's l...
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When John McCain announced his choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Pali... spending by the United States is nearly equal to that of all the other countries of the world co...
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...are not equally open to .. [protected group] members." (Emphasis a...See McCain v. Lybrand, 465 U. S. 236 , 246 (1984) (interpret...
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...), dividing the company’s interests equally between DynaVision on one hand and Smith, Thomas, ... task was to have FNBC’s counsel, Todd McCain,18 examine the title to the Green Road Property. A...
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...are not equally open to .. [protected group] members." (Emphasis a...See McCain v. Lybrand, 465 U. S. 236 , 246 (1984) (interpret...