Tag / Todd Akin
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Laryngitis of a Generation
BY ALISON SCHREIBER Four years and one fortnight ago the Supreme Court of the United States of America made a monumental and infamous decision. This verdict would disregard 100 years of precedent and would lead to an exceptionally expensive election. Overturning Austin and McConnell while affirming Buckley and Bellotti, this decision relied heavily upon the majority’s opinion in the latter cases and…
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Akin Pains in Missouri
If you don’t know Todd Akin’s name, that doesn’t mean you don’t know who he is. Remember the Missouri representative who claimed women’s bodies had a way to “shut down” rapes that are “legitimate?” That’s him. Todd Akin is the Republican representative from Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District, which begins just to the west of I-170…
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