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Today, openly, even defiantly, these workers are clamoring to assert their rights under U.S. labor and civil rights laws. They are joining the unions that once stigmatized them as a threat to American jobs. And they are gaining allies within the American establishment. No institution is defending them more eagerly than Big Labor, which in the past lobbied for criminalizing their employment and supported raids that resulted in mass deportations. "We don't care about green cards," says Doug Dority, head of the 1.4 million-member United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. "We care about union cards...
...historically, such arguments don't hold much water. "The state would need to show there were procedural problems in the process - and the process is complicated." The Clinton administration undoubtedly made every effort to safeguard against a legal challenge, adds Allin. "Generally, states and counties who've tried to assert independent authority against this kind of federal government management almost always lose in the courts...
Israel's response to Palestinian riots has drawn the criticism of human-rights organizations. But also sometimes problematic is Israel's targeting of Palestinian gunmen who shoot from populated areas. Few argue that the Israelis should not shoot back when they come under fire. Israeli officers assert that they must respond to such attacks with considerable and accurate force. Palestinian sources concede that the Tanzim often fire from built-up areas, hoping Israel will strike back with superior firepower, angering ordinary Palestinians and pushing both Palestinians and Israelis into a yet more radical situation. The imbalance of firepower has inflamed...
...eschewed subtlety this time and bluntly stopped the Florida Supreme Court in its tracks--and stayed its willfulness. By 5-4, mind you, and Rehnquist doesn't like 5-4 in questions of this magnitude. But to avoid a constitutional train wreck, he was ready for the court to assert itself and thus bring a welcome finality to the postelection madness...
...turnovers quickly led to Ram buckets, as they netted 19 off the Crimson miscues, and carried a 31-19 lead into the half. Junior forward Yatar Ketuyah (13 points, 10 rebounds) began to assert control before the half, on her way to her thirteenth double-double in her last nineteen games...