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...defend his list of values. Democrats too might want the confrontation, if only to help define who they are as they head into an election year. And no matter where you come down on abortion or church-state relations, who can disagree that fundamental values are involved? Americans approach these periodic shoutfests with a heavy heart, but there's no way certain showdowns can be avoided. In its next term, the court will decide cases that touch on some of the most vexed issues of the culture war, including assisted suicide--can doctors prescribe lethal doses of drugs to patients...
...other in history, invalidating among other statutes a law that banned guns in school zones, part of the Violence Against Women Act and part of the Brady gun-control law. Conservatives have cheered this as a virtual revolution--although O'Connor, in keeping with her trademark case-by-case approach, has departed from an absolutist position at times. She was on the side of the plaintiff in Tennessee v. Lane, a 2004 decision upholding part of the Americans with Disabilities Act and requiring courtrooms to be accessible to those with physical disabilities. And most famously, she voted...
...finely tuned opinions for religion cases, O'Connor measured whether government support of, say, school prayer or vouchers amounted to an unconstitutional "endorsement" of religion. The Pledge of Allegiance's "under God" phrase passed her test; displaying the Ten Commandments on public property did not. That kind of approach is also evident in her handling of affirmative action. O'Connor was as allergic to quotas as any true conservative, but she found it acceptable for government to consider race as one of many factors in making decisions. In the late 1980s she wrote an opinion striking down...
There's been a substantial uplift in U.S. aid to Africa, and the Administration is prepared to do more, provided it's tied to tough obligations of good governance. Our whole approach is that it's not a something-for-nothing deal. African countries and their leaders have to recognize their responsibility...
...Chinese company's "it's just business" approach won't mute the deal's critics in Washington. To them, a takeover of Maytag is one thing--"We don't go to war over washing machines," said Republican Congressman Richard Pombo of California--but energy is a different story. With the Chinese government subsidizing the deal--CNOOC's parent company, wholly owned by the state, will give it an $8.5 billion, 30-year loan at just 3.5% interest--cries of predatory financing are inevitable. So too are complaints (accurate enough) that there is little chance a Western oil major could...