When Davis logged on to the site to eliminate the reference to employment law and remove any other details, he says, his rating plunged to 1.

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The speech also made reference to a referendum on further law making powers for the Welsh assembly.

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Another amendment requires the government to "rule the country by law, " the first-ever such reference in the Constitution.

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Of particular interest to the confirmation hearings will be Judge Sotomayor's favorable reference in the ACLU speech to the Supreme Court's reasoning in two recent cases citing foreign and international law: Roper v.

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