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...surprisingly, the women in Norway's government are besieging traditional enclaves of male privilege. Minister of Church and Education Kirsti Kolle Grondahl recently said that she "would love to" appoint the first woman bishop in the state's Lutheran Church, whose male clerics, she says, still "persecute" their female colleagues. Inger Pedersen, chairwoman of parliament's Justice Committee, is drafting an amendment to the constitution, which now limits inheritance of the Norwegian throne to men, to include female royal heirs. The change would mean that Crown Prince Harald's daughter, Princess Martha Louise, who turned 15 last week, could eventually...
...Peres and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, his Likud-bloc partner in the ruling coalition, continue to oppose any investigation that might reveal the ( inner workings of the Shin Bet. "The Shin Bet," said Shamir last week, "can be examined," but "without revealing its secrets." Harish is shortly expected to appoint an investigator or a small commission of inquiry. One crucial question will be how much of the findings will be made public...
...Fein contends that the Justices should be reassured that the White House has so far picked jurists of quality, Harvard's Tribe argues the opposite. "More likely," he says, "they feel that having made a nomination of such distinction, the President will think he has a free ride" to appoint a crony like Meese or Senator Laxalt. The choices made by Reagan, or his successor after 1988, will be immensely important, not just to the court but to the country. For the Rehnquist Court appears poised at the sort of historic divide that occurs only once every few decades...
...some scholars argue that Senators are justified in opposing court appointments on ideological grounds as well. When the Founding Fathers were framing the Constitution, they considered giving the Senate the power to appoint judges. Instead, a compromise was struck: the President would make the choices with the "advice and consent" of the Senate. Throughout the 19th century, this was taken to mean that the Senate could balk on ideological grounds, and indeed, the Senate refused to confirm some 20 Supreme Court nominations. But in the past 50 years, the only serious challenges (such as the rejection of Nixon Appointees Clement...
...Given the premise that this administration is going to appoint a conservative Justice then I think this appointment is ideal," says Clark Byce, Royall Professor of Law Emeritus, who taught administrative law to Scalia. "I think everyone will get a fair shake from...