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...court. He accepted a portion of the opinion of the four Justices who upheld the California Supreme Court decision in favor of Bakke: Burger, William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens and Potter Stewart. He also sided in part with the four Justices who decided against Bakke: William Brennan, Harry Blackmun, Thurgood Marshall and Byron White. He thus ended by writing the critical opinion for a sharply divided court...
...Powell is the engineer of the synthesis decision the Court released Wednesday, which addresses some of the larger concerns of both Bakke's supporters and his detractors. The decision legitimates the use of racially sensitive criteria in an admissions process, upholding the judgment of Justices Brennan, White, Marshall and Blackmun. They argue that the use of such criteria does not violate the sense of the Constitution or Civil Rights Act of 1964--that is, to provide "equal protection under the law." The decision also rules unconstitutional the use of any racially-based quota system in an admissions process, in concordance...
...federal funds for Medicaid abortions. Caught by surprise, Senate liberals adopted a strategy that backfired: they went along with Hyde's bill, assuming that the Supreme Court would find it unconstitutional. But the court last June upheld state laws banning Medicaid abortions, despite an impassioned plea from Harry Blackmun, author of the 1973 abortion decision, that the latest ruling was "almost reminiscent of 'Let them eat cake.' " His point: the court in effect was making medically safe abortions legally available only to women who can pay for them...
Winless (0-5, 0-7) Bob "Why did I ever leave the Big Ten?" Blackmun watched his defensive doormats yield 428 total offense yards while Yale chalked up its first whitewash in five seasons. Yale fullbacks Rick Angelone and Bob McIntyre sandwiched short paydirt bursts around 'Pag's antics as the new Haven eleven tuned up for this week's clash with Princeton...
...perhaps, impossible--for some women to have abortions is neither created nor in any way affected by the Connecticut regulation." Medicaid programs are designed expressly to insure minimum standards of health care for the poor, but the court ignored that fact completely. In effect, as dissenting Justice Harry A. Blackmun wrote in his opinion, the majority ruling "is almost reminiscent of let them eat cake." Women with higher incomes are not seriously affected by the decision; while they may be inconvenienced if public hospitals stop permitting elective abortions on their premises, there will still be abortion clinics for those...