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President George W. Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Bill

Air/Publish Date: 07/19/2006
Event Date: 07/19/2006

President George W. Bush makes the first veto of his presidency, to deny expanded federal support for stem cell research.

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Senate Judiciary Committee Expected to Approve John Roberts for Supreme Court

Air/Publish Date: 09/22/2005
Event Date: 09/22/2005

Despite a lack of support from Democratic committee members, the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to approve Judge John Roberts as the next chief justice of the Supreme Court.

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Senate Showdown over Federal Judges

Air/Publish Date: 05/18/2005
Event Date: 05/18/2005

Senate Republicans are threatening to use the "nuclear option," ending Democratic filibusters of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees with a simple majority vote (51/100). Republicans defend the potential tactic, arguing ...

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Supreme Court Rules Terror Prisoners Have Right to Challenge Detention in Court

Air/Publish Date: 06/28/2004
Event Date: 06/28/2004

In two major rulings that strike down cornerstones of the Bush administration's war on terror, the Supreme Court rules that foreign prisoners, dubbed "enemy combatants," must be afforded the ...

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President Clinton's Eleventh-Hour Pardon of Marc Rich

Air/Publish Date: 01/30/2001
Event Date: 01/30/2001

President Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich doesn't just spark controversy. It also raises questions about whether this unique presidential power needs to be reined in. After an investigation into the pardon, ...

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House Impeaches President Bill Clinton

Air/Publish Date: 12/19/1998
Event Date: 12/19/1998

President Bill Clinton becomes the first elected president to be impeached by the House of Representatives, and just the second in United States history.

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President Reagan Reflects on Judge Bork's Difficult Supreme Court Nomination

Air/Publish Date: 10/13/1987
Event Date: 10/13/1987

President Ronald Reagan is campaigning hard and soft for Judge Robert Bork's troubled confirmation to the Supreme Court. The strategy is to speak out in support of Judge Bork, but to also avoid ...

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President Ford Signs Pardon of Richard Nixon

Air/Publish Date: 09/08/1974
Event Date: 09/08/1974

NBC's Ron Nessen reports on President Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon for the Watergate scandal. In a ten minute statement read in the Oval Office, Ford says he can find no legal or historic precedent to fit Nixon’s case.

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