Legislation is pending in both chambers of Congress to provide great apes — the bill specifically identifies chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans, as well as gibbons, which are technically a lesser ape — with protection against invasive biomedical research and to ban federal funding for such research inside and outside the United States. Congress should [...]
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Why Congress Should Pass the Great Ape Protection Act
Posted in Politics, Science, tagged Chimpanzees, Great Ape Protection Act, House of Representatives, Senate on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why Democrats Probably Won’t Keep the House
Posted in Politics, tagged Democrats, Hotline, House of Representatives, Republicans on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Practically no one is expecting Democrats to keep the House after this fall’s election. The senate is up for debate; most reports right now indicate Republicans will take back several seats, cutting down the Dems’ majority. The New York Times just ran an editorial bemoaning the lack of enthusiasm on the left, while the right [...]
Open the Supreme Court’s Front Doors Again
Posted in Law, Politics, tagged House of Representatives, Supreme Court on August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In May the Supreme Court decided to close its doors, literally; the front doors, up a massive marble staircase, were the iconic image of the high court, were shuttered in May and visitors directed instead to a small side entrance. Some justices dissented; in a statement (PDF), Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg acknowledged the [...]
