Monthly Archives: April 2008

Effect of Overturning Roe v. Wade

Posted on April 6, 2008

Q: What would happen if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade? A: Some states would outlaw abortion but others would not.

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Congress to Outlaw Homeschooling?

Posted on April 4, 2008

Q: Is the U.S. Congress considering a bill to outlaw homeschooling in the U.S.? A: No.

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Winning Ugly in Wisconsin

Posted on April 4, 2008

Summary In a Wisconsin throwdown, incumbent Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler narrowly lost his reelection bid after being hit with a barrage of deceptive attack ads. We’ve written about some of them in recent weeks.   Attack ads targeting the incumbent heavily outnumbered attacks aimed at the business-backed winner, Circuit …
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What is Triangulation?

Posted on April 3, 2008

Q: What is triangulation? A:  In simple terms, it’s Democrats advocating some Republican positions or Republicans advocating some Democratic positions.

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What is Public Financing?

Posted on April 1, 2008

Q: What is public financing? A: It’s the system under which candidates can use U.S. Treasury dollars to fund their campaigns. But only if they agree to play by a complicated set of rules.

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Substance Abuse

Posted on April 1, 2008

A misleading e-mail has been making the rounds, alleging that Clinton has fewer legislative accomplishments than Obama, and that they are less substantive. We’ve had questions about it from a number of readers, and blogs have jumped into the fray. So what’s the real story on the Senate careers of the Democratic presidential candidates? We find that the e-mail is false in almost every particular
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