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'Marxist' Obama crushes freedom, conservatives say

March 16, 2013 17:00
Barack Obama is a closet Marxist; liberty, freedom and the American way are under attack; and the federal government is waging a campaign to indoctrinate families. Welcome to CPAC. The Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual gathering of grass-roots conservatives, represents a mass meeting of ardent activists eager to swap views on gay marriage, guns, abortion and the economy.

CPAC unleashed: Orange rifles, 'abortion hurts' stickers

March 15, 2013 22:01
Two floors below CPAC's political headliners lies the more colorful corner of the conservative conference, a bustling retreat where bumper-sticker philosophy and youthful grassroots activism rule. Sure, the ballroom is the main attraction, and high-profile Republican operators like former House speaker Newt Gingrich make a bee line to conservative-friendly media outlets on the adjacent radio row.

AFP Americas News Agenda for March 16

March 15, 2013 16:45
Duty Editor: Veronika Oleksyn Tel: + 1 202 414 0541 What's happening in the Americas on Saturday: + Sarah Palin speaks to US conservatives WASHINGTON: Former US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an annual three-day gathering attracting thousands of right-of-center activists that wraps up Saturday. 1300 GMT. Picture (US-POLITICS-CONSERVATIVES)

US conservative confab confronts Republican rifts

March 14, 2013 18:00
Still nursing election wounds, soul-searching Republicans gathered Thursday at the first conservative casting call for the US presidential election in 2016, with the party divided over how to broaden its appeal. Several prospective White House candidates including Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Paul Ryan lined up for a chance to address the Conservative Political Action Conference just outside Washington, as did Republican heavyweights Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin.

US Supreme Court takes up voting rights law

February 27, 2013 16:46
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to overturn, at least in part, a voting rights law that guards against racial discrimination in US states with a segregationist past. At issue is the 1965 law's Section 5, which requires nine mainly southern states and local governments in seven other states to obtain Justice Department approval for any changes in their electoral codes.

UPDATE 2-Conservatives on U.S. high court cast doubt on voting law

February 27, 2013 13:45
* Alabama county challenges need for key part of 1965 law * Liberals mount spirited defense of law * Justices Scalia and Kagan clash on the bench * Ruling expected by end of June (Adds quotes, details) By Lawrence Hurley

UPDATE 1-Police use of DNA samples at issue in U.S. Supreme Court case

February 26, 2013 16:00
* Police authority to take samples from suspects is at stake * Critics claim violation of privacy rights (Updates with oral argument) By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - In a case that spotlights the growing use of genetic data by law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled on Tuesday with the question of when a DNA sample may be taken from a suspect.

U.S. top court limits police detentions far from crime scene

February 19, 2013 18:15
* No probable cause to detain man a mile away * 6-3 ruling did not follow typical ideological divide By Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for police to detain people far away from a suspected crime scene when the only justification for the detention is to make it safer and easier to conduct a search of the scene.

Alito again absent from Obama's State of the Union speech

February 13, 2013 11:36
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - It has been three years since U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito seized the limelight during one of President Barack Obama's State of the Union speeches. He has not been back since. The annual address on Tuesday marked the third year in a row that Alito has not attended the event. He was one of three justices - the others being fellow conservatives Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas - who were no-shows.

Republican rebrand: is it more than skin deep?

February 10, 2013 03:46
US Republicans are rebranding themselves in the wake of last year's defeat, but the makeover is looking less like a genuine bid to woo women and minorities and more like a civil war within the party. The party was hammered in the November election, with voters rejecting Republican nominee Mitt Romney's harsh rhetoric on immigration, the poor and big government. Democrats retained the White House and gained seats in both the Senate and the Republican-led House of Representatives.
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