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Judicial Nominees: Defining The Terms Of Senate Debates, Gary L. Mcdowell

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

Since roughly the beginning of the Reagan administration the left wing of the Democratic senatorial cohort has enjoyed remarkable success in disparaging Republican nominees to the federal judiciary as mere "conservatives". Its argument has been that those nominees would decide cases on everything from abortion to economic regulation on the basis of their "conservative" policy preferences. Sadly, as a general rule, the conservatives have allowed the Democrats to get away with this distortion.

Writings: Nomination Of Sam Rooks For Florida State Committee Man, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Speech delivered by Dr. Edna L. Saffy on December 2, 2004 on the nomination of Sam Rooks for Florida State Committeeman of the Duval County Democratic Committee.

Invitation: To The Dedication Of The William J. Clinton Presidential Center.

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Invitation with envelope and reply form. November 18, 2004.

Flyer: Save The Dates For Grand Opening Week And Library Dedication Ceremony For The Clinton Presidential Library And Center

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Grand opening ceremony and dedication on November 14-18, 2004.

Flyer: Jacksonville Rally With John Edwards.

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Rally with Vice Presidential Candidate John Edwards at Metro Park, Friday, October 22, 2004.

Louisiana In The 2004 Presidential Election, Susan Howell

Survey Research Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Are You For Bush Or For Kerry? A Discourse Analytical Study Of The Russian Mass Media Response To The 2004 United States Presidential Elections., Matthew Thomas Calvin

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This research project seeks to combine a Russian Language component with a look at Russian foreign politics by performing a discourse analytical study of the Russian mass media reaction to the November 2004 United States Presidential elections. Discourse analysis is a method by which a language or speech sample is analyzed to discover the greater social and societal meanings and implications hidden within those words. The attempt was made to gain a greater understanding of Russian society and culture through an analysis of answers given to the question “Are you for Bush or for Kerry?”, posed to various members of …

The Politic 2004 Fall, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

John Kerry As Commander-In-Chief: War Powers In A Kerry Administration, Ryan C. Hendrickson Dr.

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

Unlike many previous presidential elections, in 2004 foreign policy issues are at the forefront of the American policy and electoral agenda. Not since the Vietnam era has the United States entered an election year with the United States at such a heightened state of war, with ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as covert operations deployed around the world to wage the war on terrorism. After nearly one full term with George W. Bush as commander in chief, his views on constitutional war powers have been expressed on numerous occasions. Bush, like his post World War II …

Invitation: Reception Honoring Betty Castor

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

An invitation for a campaign fundraiser reception honoring Betty Castor, candidate for U.S. Senate. Date: August 30, 2004. Box 14 Folder 8

Political Contributions By Asian Americans: An Analysis Of The 2002 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Campaign, Paul Watanabe, Gregory Kim-Ju

Institute for Asian American Studies Publications

The Institute for Asian American Studies has analyzed and chronicled, often for the first time, the involvement of Asian Americans in the daily life of the Commonwealth. Over the last few decades Massachusetts has experienced a remarkably rapid growth in its Asian American population. Between 1990 and 2000, for example, this population grew by 67.5% to 238,124. Asian Americans now constitute just under 4% of the state’s population

Internet Resources - The Electoral College, Political Parties, And Elections: Sites To Help You Through The Voting Process, Beth Jane Toren

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

Most political party sites have two main themes, information and action. They provide information about the party platform, history, and news, and they offer opportunities to get involved in the action by volunteering, contributing, joining, and telling friends. This article contains annotations to selected free sites and Internet resources that provide information about the electoral college, political parties, and the 2004 federal elections.

The Politic 2004 Summer, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

The Constitutionality Of The Filibuster, Michael J. Gerhardt

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Personality Of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Aubrey Immelman, Jamie Thielman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This paper presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of U.S. Supreme Court associate justice Clarence Thomas, from the conceptual perspective of Theodore Millon.

Information concerning Justice Thomas was collected from biographical sources, speeches, and published reports and synthesized into a personality profile using the second edition of the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with Axis II of DSM-IV.

The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the basis of interpretive guidelines provided in the MIDC and Millon Index of Personality Styles manuals. Justice …

Letter: John Kerry; Edna Saffy, John Kerry

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter from John Kerry thanking Edna Saffy for her support. Date: June 13, 2004. Box 15 Folder 10

Tickets: Rally With Presidential Candidate John Kerry, John Kerry For President, Inc.

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Ticket to a political rally for presidential candidate John Kerry. Date: May 11, 2004. Box 15 Folder 10

Ua45/6 Remarks Upon Receiving Honorary Degree, Mitchell Mcconnell

WKU Archives Records

Remarks made by Mitch McConnell upon the receipt of honorary degree from WKU in 2004.

The Politic 2004 Spring, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

State Efforts To Expand Health Coverage: One Bite At A Time, Christopher Stream

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications

For more than twenty years, health scholars and advocates have warned us about the lack of adequate health coverage among a growing number of Americans. Health insurance premiums are rising. Many employers, especially small employers who employ over half of the country’s workforce, and individuals are seeing premium increases of 30, 40, and even 50 percent. Not surprisingly, America’s uninsured population is rising— to more than 41 million people. States are feeling the budget crunch as the economy sags and more and more people turn to state Medicaid and other public health care systems. This all means that state policy …

Different Regions, Similar Views, Gregory A. Petrow

Political Science Faculty Publications

U.S. regions have had radically different political histories. The South long has been seen as the nation’s most conservative region, while New England has been perceived as the most liberal.

An examination of 40 years of survey data generated by the American National Election Study, however, suggests that differences between the South and New England on social issues tend to be small, are getting smaller, and in some instances have disappeared.

Shifting Sands: The Limits Of Science In Setting Risk Standards, Cary Coglianese, Gary E. Marchant

All Faculty Scholarship

Regulators need to rely on science to understand problems and predict the consequences of regulatory actions, but over reliance on science can actually contribute to, or at least deflect attention from, incoherent policymaking. In this article, we explore the problems with using science to justify policy decisions by analyzing the Environmental Protection Agency's recently revised air quality standards for ground-level ozone and particulate matter, some of the most significant regulations ever issued. In revising these standards, EPA mistakenly invoked science as the exclusive basis for its decisions and deflected attention from a remarkable series of inconsistencies. For example, even though …

Coming To Set Terms For Dci, Porcher L. Taylor Iii

School of Professional and Continuing Studies Faculty Publications

Senator and presidential contender John Kerry has loudly and critically clanged the intelligence-reform bell in President Bush's ears. Recently, Mr. Kerry proposed great expansion of the director of central intelligence's (DCI) authority over the National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. But true reform must first come with the DCI's emancipation from the White House through providing a 10-year term as a presidential appointee.

Plebiscites And The Public Purse: U.S. Experience With Direct Democracy, Arthur A. Goldsmith

College of Management Working Papers and Reports

The United States is a distinctive case for studying the way extensive direct democracy can affect fiscal policy. Every state in the Union allows voters to decide certain ballot questions about how to raise and spend public revenue. The U.S. record shows that large‐scale plebiscites fail to produce reliably “pro‐poor” government finance. Direct citizen involvement in fiscal policy has not led to uniformly equitable or financially sustainable state budgets. Nor has it mobilized low‐income groups to express and defend their economic interests. When called upon to make decisions about the amounts and purposes of statewide government spending, the electorate is …

Review Of Marching On Washington: The Forging Of An American Political Tradition., Robert Kleidman

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

Reviews the book "Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political Tradition," by Lucy G. Barber.

Ua1b2/1 The Jonesville Controversy, Ali Wright

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Overview of the history of the African-American community, Jonesville and its demise through urban renewal in the 1960s.

Writings: Introduction Of Gloria Steinem, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Speeches: Introduction of Gloria Steinem by Edna Saffy, Ph.D. – Jacksonville Women’s Network, February 19, 2004, Jacksonville Florida.

The Effects Of Ballot Position On Election Outcomes, Jonathan G.S. Koppell, Jennifer A. Steen

Publications from President Jonathan G.S. Koppell

This article presents evidence of name-order effects in balloting from a study of the 1998 Democratic primary in New York City, in which the order of candidates' names was rotated by precinct. In 71 of 79 individual nominating contests, candidates received a greater proportion of the vote when listed first than when listed in any other position. In seven of those 71 contests, the advantage to first position exceeded the winner's margin of victory, suggesting that ballot position would have determined the election outcomes if one candidate had held the top spot in all precincts.

The Politic 2004 Winter, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

Red, White, Blue, And Green: Politics And The Environment In The 2004 Environment, James R. Lyons, Heather S. Kaplan, Fred Strebeigh, Kathleen E. Campbell

Yale School of the Environment Publications Series

No abstract provided.