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<title><![CDATA[Mark Stern - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/26494.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Mark Stern]]></description><category domain="26494">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Halligan Was a Fake Prosecutor All Along]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/general/it-turns-out-lindsey-halligan-was-a-fake-prosecutor-all-along/ar-AA1R67BA</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can the president circumvent Congress and the judiciary to install partisan loyalists as prosecutors so they can charge his political adversaries for crimes they did not commit? On Monday, a court held that he cannot.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court Nailed Its Decision To Uphold TikTok Ban]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-supreme-court-nailed-its-decision-to-uphold-the-tiktok-ban/ar-AA1xpc5N</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Friday morning, the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' upheld'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a federal ban on TikTok, allowing the government to effectively shutter the social media app when the law takes effect on Sunday. The court rejected an argument, raised by the company and multiple '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'content creators,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that the ban...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hunter Biden Pardon Is Defensible--and Perverse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-most-perverse-part-of-the-hunter-biden-pardon/ar-AA1vanFr</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s sweeping pardon of his son Hunter on Sunday reflects an attitude toward clemency that is at once defensible and perversely selfish. Biden is surely correct that Hunter was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'singled out'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' because he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s son, facing far more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Gives Biden a Chance To Fight Disinformation]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/06/supreme-court-opinions-biden-disinformation-social-media.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The administration, alarmed by Doughty's injunction, shut down most of its anti-disinformation work.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should Justice Sotomayor Retire?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-we-forget-about-when-we-talk-about-sonia-sotomayor-retiring/ar-BB1lKHrZ</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There has been a burgeoning cottage industry in Supreme Court retirement advocacy with many left-leaning journalists inveighing Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down immediately to give President Joe Biden and a Democratic-controlled Senate a chance to replace her and forestall a 7'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'2...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Sad Ending of O'Connor's Judicial Legacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-sad-ending-of-sandra-day-o-connor-s-judicial-legacy/ar-AA1kSdZs</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Justice Sandra Day O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Connor died on Friday at the age of 93 due to complications from dementia and a respiratory illness. The first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Connor had an immense impact on the law over her 24 years on the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s highest bench.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nothing Can Stop the Court From Ending Affirmative Action]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-supreme-court-has-no-reason-to-end-affirmative-action-they-e2-80-99re-doing-it-anyway/ar-AA13B3jd</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Oral arguments in a pair of much-anticipated cases about the future of affirmative action sprawled over almost six hours on Monday, yet the outcome was obvious within the first 30 minutes: The Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s conservative supermajority appears poised to overturn almost 50 years of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Three Supreme Court Dissenters Can Do Now]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/10/what-liberals-can-do-now-scotus.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor are perfectly aware of the situation at SCOTUS.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Imagine If Jackson Got to Play by Thomas' Rules]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/imagine-if-ketanji-brown-jackson-got-to-play-by-clarence-thomas-rules/ar-AAUjIBC</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The SCOTUS nominee has eschewed overtly political causes while Justice Thomas and his wife have pursued a deeply partisan agenda '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' with impunity]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why This SCOTUS Nomination Is So Toxic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-nasty-double-standards-that-make-this-scotus-nomination-so-toxic/ar-AATu35r</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are so many interesting firsts to be found on the short list of prospective Black women being vetted for the vacancy at the Supreme Court. We have candidates who don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t hail from the Harvard-Yale near-lock on SCOTUS. We have what appears to be the most overt political patronage...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court&rsquo;s Conservatives Prioritize Property Over Lives]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-supreme-court-s-conservatives-prioritize-property-over-lives/ar-AANP1wx</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is an indictment of our current Supreme Court that Thursday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 6'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'3'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' decision'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ending the CDC'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s eviction moratorium was probably the best-case scenario. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s because the conservative supermajority did not impose any'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' constitutional'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' limitations on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Justice Sotomayor's Lonely Battle to Give the Voiceless a Voice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/sonia-sotomayor-s-lonely-battle-to-give-the-voiceless-a-voice-at-the-supreme-court/ar-BB1fPiDX</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every year, the Supreme Court receives about 10,000 petitions and hears only around 80 cases. Four justices have to vote to hear an appeal, which ensures that thousands of petitions are swatted away without comment, leaving the lower court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision as the final word. Unfairness is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Myth of the Dangerous Traffic Stop Is Killing Black Men]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-myth-of-the-dangerous-traffic-stop-is-killing-black-men-in-america/ar-BB1fJkY3</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, a police officer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' shot and killed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man, after pulling him over for hanging an air freshener from his rearview mirror. Wright'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s death is just the latest instance of police assaulting and killing drivers'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'specifically, Black men who...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Threat of Trump's Latest Doomed Plea to High Court]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-real-threat-of-trump-s-latest-doomed-plea-to-the-supreme-court/ar-BB1bNndV</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-real-threat-of-trump-s-latest-doomed-plea-to-the-supreme-court/ar-BB1bNndV]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday afternoon, 17 states endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s doomed lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to nullify millions of votes and hand Donald Trump a second term. Trump himself then intervened in a brief riddled with debunked conspiracy theories and at least...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barrett's First Votes Could Throw the Election to Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/amy-coney-barrett-e2-80-99s-first-votes-could-throw-the-election-to-trump/ar-BB1aq0dp</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/amy-coney-barrett-e2-80-99s-first-votes-could-throw-the-election-to-trump/ar-BB1aq0dp]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although George W. Bush prevailed in the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Bush v. Gore'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' decision, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s often forgotten that the Supreme Court declined to affirm his chief legal argument. This claim was so radical, so contrary to basic principles of democracy and federalism, that two conservative justices stepped...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Political Genius of John Roberts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-political-genius-of-john-roberts/ar-BB16y0ob</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-political-genius-of-john-roberts/ar-BB16y0ob]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There will be much discussion in the coming weeks about the revelations of the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s COVID-19 term. But perhaps more than anything, we should focus on the battle of the titans that has played out this year between Chief Justice John Roberts and President Donald Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court Has Turned Religious Liberty Into a Weapon]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/supreme-court-ministerial-exception-religious-employers.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/supreme-court-ministerial-exception-religious-employers.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Justice Samuel Alito let religious employers skirt the civil rights laws that apply to the rest of us.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Gorsuch Handed Down a Historic Victory for LGBTQ Rights]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/supreme-court-lgbtq-discrimination-employment.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The landmark decision wasn't even close'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Chief Justice John Roberts also sided with LGBTQ equality.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Justice Kagan's Blueprint to End Partisan Gerrymandering]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/partisan-gerrymander-kagan-state-courts.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/partisan-gerrymander-kagan-state-courts.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[North Carolina paid attention.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Roe v. Wade Is Under Immediate Threat]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/june-medical-services-abortion-end-of-roe.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/june-medical-services-abortion-end-of-roe.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the Supreme Court doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t stay a Louisiana law next week, states will have a clear path to nullify the constitutional right to choose.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In 2018, Trump's Judges Declared War on Abortion, Gun Control]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/trump-judges-abortion-gun-control.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/trump-judges-abortion-gun-control.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2018, the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nominees declared war on abortion rights and gun control.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Roberts Will Never Take the New Obamacare Ruling Seriously]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/obamacare-ruling-texas-john-roberts-scotus.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/obamacare-ruling-texas-john-roberts-scotus.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Reed O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Connor declared the entire Affordable Care Act unlawful on Friday, concluding in a widely panned ruling that Congress destroyed the law by zeroing out the individual mandate in 2017.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Gillum Can Repeat His Staggering Primary Win in November]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/08/andrew-gillum-how-the-democratic-nominee-can-win-floridas-governor-race-in-november.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/08/andrew-gillum-how-the-democratic-nominee-can-win-floridas-governor-race-in-november.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday night, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum won Florida'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic gubernatorial primary in an upset, startling the political establishment and earning immediate comparisons to upstart congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pence Has Become Trump's Pathetic Prop]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/10/mike_pence_has_become_trump_s_pathetic_culture_war_prop.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/10/mike_pence_has_become_trump_s_pathetic_culture_war_prop.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pence did not take this job to perform demeaning tasks for the pleasure of his boss.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is a Safe Space. No Jews Allowed.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/faithbased/2017/07/the_chicago_dyke_march_and_chicago_slutwalk_aren_t_anti_zionist_they_re.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/faithbased/2017/07/the_chicago_dyke_march_and_chicago_slutwalk_aren_t_anti_zionist_they_re.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[First,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' you must not carry'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' any '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Zionist displays.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' What are Zionist displays? That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s for others to decide. A Star of David'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' might'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' be OK. But if it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s on a rainbow flag,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' it probably isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'tbecause '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'its connections to the oppression enacted by Israel is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Foundation Is Not a Scandal. It's a Life-Saving Success.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/08/25/clinton_foundation_scandal_aids_relief_work_is_a_success.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press published an investigation Tuesday, alleging that Hillary Clinton gave donors to her family'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s charity, the Clinton Foundation, special access to the State Department during her tenure as secretary of state. Vox'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Matt Yglesiaspromptly detailed the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Gay Rights Infringe on Religious Liberty?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/24/opinion/stern-gay-marriage/index.html?hpt=op_t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- It was inevitable that the debate over same-sex marriage would have a strong religious component. This is partly because it involves such questions as the interpretation of biblical passages that, on their face, condemn homosexuality as a sin. But it also involves squaring the...]]></description>
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