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...Sporkin in Washington, who ruled that the Senate violated Hastings' constitutional rights by appointing a 12-member committee to hear the case, rather than holding a trial by the entire Senate. Sporkin's ruling does not restore Hastings, the first black federal judge in Florida's history, to the bench. But it will probably be appealed to the Supreme Court, while Hastings continues his run for Congress in Florida...
...Bench via the Chair...
...irony of Carnes' situation is that if he is confirmed -- both sides were counting votes last week -- he won't get much chance to use his death-penalty expertise on the bench. Recently the Supreme Court significantly restricted the rights of death-row inmates to appeal their sentences before federal judges -- just as Carnes the prosecutor had wanted...
...coveted all-around competition, only to be robbed of her chance. Her coaches, in their unified wisdom, decided that one of Galieva's teammates, Tatiana Gutsu, was more likely to bank gold even though she had flubbed during the earlier team competition. So they exaggerated a knee injury to bench Galieva, made a quick substitution and, lo, Gutsu was in. Sure enough, she won the gold. Now Gutsu's triumph, impressive as it was, will always carry a caveat -- "Remember? She didn't even qualify for the all-around." And Galieva will have to digest the bitter lesson that fairness...
...Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing and Karl Malone. Jordan and his Chicago Bulls teammate Scottie Pippen are tenacious open-court defenders. Then too there are Clyde Drexler and the Admiral, David Robinson. Twelfth man Christian Laettner will probably get a great view of all this talent mostly from the bench...