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...Ashcroft and the Second Amendment John Ashcroft's letter to the National Rifle Association saying that the Constitution protects individual gun ownership rights prompted a frantic call from a U.S. Attorney's office in Texas to Department of Justice headquarters at 10th & Pennsylvania. The Attorney General's position isn't in sync with court rulings over the last six decades, including a 1939 Supreme Court decision, holding that the Second Amendment right applies to the states, rather than individuals...
...argument and dismissed the gun charges against defendant Timothy Joe Emerson, a doctor. The government is awaiting a decision of its appeal. If this decision too goes against the government - which seems unlikely, given the bulk of precedent favoring the feds' position - the question is now whether the Ashcroft Justice Department would try to take the case to the Supreme Court or simply let it drop. Also at issue is whether Ashcroft's letter, which was read aloud by an NRA official at the group's convention in Kansas City, will prompt gun-rights groups to begin an onslaught...
...Ashcroft's devout Pentecostal faith, as expressed at the office, has disturbed some employees as well. New guidelines for documents bearing Ashcroft's signature bar the use of the word pride and the phrase "no higher calling than public service," both of which contradict the former Senator's religious views. Each morning at 8 he plays host to what he calls RAMP sessions--for Read, Argue, Memorize and Pray--in his office or conference room. From three to 30 participants chew over Bible passages, commit some to memory and finish with a prayer. Non-Christians are welcome, but many staff...
...Ashcroft bristles at the suggestion that he's doing anything improper. "I don't think the fact that I might want to invite the wisdom of the Almighty into my decision making is a threat to anybody," he told TIME, leading his questioners into his conference room to point out a wall relief that long predates him, depicting King Solomon's deciding the parentage of an infant. "Wisdom in making good decisions can be inspired as well as acquired," he said. If others choose to practice different faiths in their offices, "that's not my business. I'm not part...
...have set up state registries for medipot users; Colorado, California, Nevada and Maine are debating similar moves. Such grassroots enthusiasm carries little weight with drug warriors, who dispute the scientific data and argue that marijuana leads to hard narcotics. In an interview with TIME last week, Attorney General John Ashcroft praised the Supreme Court decision. "We can't function well as a country if each state makes its own rules about what's available health-care-wise," he argued. "If Congress wants to exempt various people from the laws of this country, it's their duty...