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...theory, the judicial bench is supposed to be more like a perch, raised far above the turbulent political fray. In fact, with 40 states requiring that at least some judges be elected or confirmed at the polls, the courts are often a major target of voter grievances. This year the nation's most impassioned political campaign may be one aimed at a judge. Opponents of Rose Bird, California's first woman chief justice, are working hard to knock her off that judicial perch. It looks very much as if they will succeed in making her the first member of that...
...anything, depth is Harvard's weakness. The injury-wracked first half of last year's season was salvaged by a solid, dependable bench. Versatile senior F.J. Gould can fill almost any role in case of injury, but the bench is still shallow...
...curious, all straining to get a glimpse of the man who vanished from sight seven months ago. In a blazer and an open-neck shirt that reveals a tiny scar, he looks like the healthiest person here, trim, energetic and tan. He makes his way to a picnic bench, where he waits his turn to speak at what he calls the "most important event in my public life...
Test victims are also getting help from the federal courts. Although last year one federal bench rejected a Fourth Amendment challenge to a State Department employee-testing policy, in March another decided that the < mandatory testing of workers by a Nebraska health agency violates the amendment's ban on unreasonable searches. In June a federal district court in Los Angeles produced a major victory for foes of AIDS tracing in addressing the claim of a gay man who was tossed out of an alcohol rehabilitation program at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, Calif. Judge Pamela Ann Rymer ruled that a person...
Former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Hogoboom, who is hearing the suits, is one of several hundred so-called rent-a-judges active across the nation. The judges, who are retired from the regular bench, preside for fees that usually range from $150 to $300 an hour. In many cases, they act merely as arbitrators or nonbinding mediators. But in California and in at least a dozen other states, they can also conduct proceedings -- like the Harper- Lorimar trial -- that have most of the trappings of regular court sessions, including depositions, witnesses and verdicts. The parties in the Harper...