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...qualify the measure for the primary ballot.The effort could determine whether the pendulum swings back.The Alaska Supreme Court, in its landmark 1975 decision, found possession of marijuana by adults at home for personal use is constitutionally...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-04-27
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Murkowski co-sponsors donor disclosure legislation

...campaign.The emergence of super PACs and other outside groups, emboldened partly by the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court in 2010, has done more than anything else to reshape the contours of campaign fundraising.A few federal court cases...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-04-23/murkowski-co-sponsors-donor-disclosu
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Senate passes abortion bill

...coma or renal disease that requires dialysis.Payment would not be made for "elective" abortions.The Alaska Supreme Court has held that the state must fund medically necessary abortions if it pays for other procedures deemed medically necessary...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-04-09/senate-passes-abortion-bill
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Hugo Chavez, fiery Venezuelan leader, dies at 58

...concentrated power in his hands as his allies dominated the congress and justices seen as doing his bidding controlled the Supreme Court. Chavez insisted Venezuela remained a vibrant democracy and denied trying to restrict free speech. But some opponents...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-05/hugo-chavez-fiery-venezuelan-leader-
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A difference of opinion on constitutional amendment

...more students achieve college education. It was the failure of the constitutional amendment that allowed the Alaska supreme court to end this program. I wish the state still provided this to every Alaska high school student, but that pesky Anti-Catholic...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/opinion/letters/2013-03-11/a-difference-of-opinion-o
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Legislature's disregard for Constitution unsettling

...or put in jail for listening to lawmakers who apparently have no respect for the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly stated that nullification is unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/opinion/letters/2013-03-20/legislatures-disregard-fo
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Lawmakers begin debate on voter ID

...covered under the Voting Rights Act because of its history of discriminatory treatment of Alaska Natives.A 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that voter ID laws are constitutional as long as the state provides citizens the opportunity to obtain photo...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-02-21/lawmakers-begin-debate-on-voter-id
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Experts testify on abortion bill, criticized

...pregnancy" that places the woman's health at risk.Payment would not be made for "elective" abortions.The Alaska Supreme Court has held that the state must fund medically necessary abortions if it pays for other procedures deemed medically necessary...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-02-27/experts-testify-on-abortion-bill-cri
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Begich addresses Legislature

...redistricting plans or proposed election changes is unwarranted. That case is on hold pending the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case.A bill also has been introduced in the House that calls for voters to present identification to cast their ballots...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-04/begich-addresses-legislature
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Abortion bill called unconstitutional, unneccessary

...Committee that the bill is unnecessary because the Alaska Supreme Court has already defined when an abortion is medically necessary...procedures covered under Medicaid - which the Alaska Supreme Court affirmed in 2001, according to Einstein."To us...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-04/abortion-bill-called-unconstitutiona
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