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...impeached by the House of Representatives in a half-century and only the eleventh in history. The vote in the House was unanimous: 406 to 0. Convicted of tax evasion in 1984 and sentenced to two years in prison, Claiborne, 69, has refused to resign from the bench because he contends that he was a victim of government harassment. He intends to fight his ouster when the Senate hears the case in September. In the meantime, he continues to draw his $78,700-a- year salary...
...transcripts were available. Now, even as Dagdigian's fingers touch the keys of his stenotype machine in the U.S. Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the unedited transcript, largely in readable English, appears on the screens of three IBM PC XT computers -- one on Judge Prentice Marshall's bench and one on each of the opposing lawyers' tables...
Meese's name is often whispered as a potential Supreme Court nomination. The Attorney General seems equally unfazed by the criticism and the rumors of his one day sitting on the hallowed bench. For the time being, he appears focused on carrying out the President's social philosophy. "We're neither arbitrating morals nor trying to impose policy choices on others," declares Meese. "We're trying to enforce...
...model as consensus maker, he can find one in Brennan. Like Rehnquist, Brennan is popular with his colleagues. But unlike Rehnquist, Brennan has often swallowed his ideological scruples to pick up the votes of more moderate colleagues. His ability to preserve the legacy of the Warren Court on a bench well stocked with G.O.P. presidential appointees is testimony to his persuasiveness and collegiality...
...your typical Washington dinner party. After dessert at the Scalia home in McLean, Va., guests are often found grouped around an upright piano in the living room. At the bench, banging out old tunes and, in his hearty baritone, leading the crowd of amateur songsters (which often includes such regulars as Justices Rehnquist and O'Connor), is the master of the house, Antonin Scalia, known to friends and family as Nino...