Word: 5a
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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BORN: Oct. 30, 1950, Glendale EDUCATION: U of California at Santa Cruz, B.A., 1972; U of the Pacific, J.D., 1978 FAMILY: Wife, Julie Harlow; two children RELIGION: Mormon MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: California Senate, 1981-90; U.S. House, 1990- ADDRESS: 4220 Rocklin Road No. 5A, Rocklin...
...essential question: Does presidential immunity extend to conduct allegedly undertaken before a Chief Executive assumes office? Bennett will assert that the logic applied by the Supreme Court in its 1982 ruling in Nixon v. Fitzgerald should apply here as well. (After telling Congress that cost overruns on the C-5A transport plane could reach $2 billion, Ernest Fitzgerald, an Air Force management analyst, was fired. President Nixon took responsibility for his dismissal, and Fitzgerald sued Nixon for damages.) In Fitzgerald, the court held that a President is absolutely and forever safe from lawsuits attacking his official acts. "Because...
...welcome at Westover was assembled on just 30 minutes' notice after the C-5A cargo jet, originally scheduled to fly into Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, was diverted...
...against distance. It is proving to be a tough one. Despite the $2.5 trillion spent on defense over the past decade, the U.S. lacks enough cargo planes and ships to deliver its armed forces to trouble spots around the globe. Transport planes like the C- 141 Starlifter and C-5A Galaxy are still the workhorses of the Air Force, but they are aging, and their production lines have long been closed. The next-generation airlifter, the C-17, has encountered repeated delays in nine years of development and is not yet in service. In the meantime, most of the troops...