A crazy judge throws out Obama's stem-cell policy—and Bush's.

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Sat Sep-04-10 10:34 AM
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A crazy judge throws out Obama's stem-cell policy—and Bush's.

The stem-cell ruling, issued Monday by U.S. District Chief Judge Royce Lamberth, says that federal funding of research using cells derived from destroyed embryos violates federal law. Pro-lifers are ecstatic.

But this ruling goes way beyond Obama. It voids Bush's stem-cell policy, too. And it does so on flimsy grounds with sloppy reasoning.

http://www.slate.com/id/2264996/

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Sat Sep-04-10 10:52 AM
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1. Why have Democrats allowed the Dickey Amendment to be passed every year?

I'm guessing this is being passed as an appropriations rider to circumvent a Senate filibuster. But holy shit, can't we find 50 Senate votes to block it? And if Obama doesn't veto it next time around, why not?

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