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...question which comes out of this discussion is whose fault are the errors. Obviously the players cannot go blameless, but to stop there would be a mistake...
...system that had jailed Jackson for one year to life for a $70 robbery at age 19 and kept him in prison for nearly twelve years until his death. "For once," wrote Wicker, "this predominantly white society ought not passively to accept the usual assumption that authority is blameless and truthful, and those who defy it are fools or depraved, especially if black...
Opponents of no-fault insurance, including the American Bar Association and many insurance executives, point out that it would limit a blameless victim's right to collect for pain and suffering. No-fault legislation has been introduced in 26 states; lawyers and insurance men so far have been able to prevent its passage in 25. In Massachusetts, where a limited form of no-fault coverage went into effect Jan. 1, results seem promising. During the first two months, bodily injury reports to the state motor vehicle bureau dropped by 50%, indicating to supporters of the plan that motorists...
...field of auto insurance, blameless motorists are sometimes left uncovered because their companies have quit writing insurance in states with heavy claim losses or high auto-theft records, like New York. A number of insurers refuse burglary policies to bachelors, divorcees and widows because they live alone; others try to avoid writing auto coverage for the young, the aged, bartenders, race-track employees and clergymen.* A few companies are pulling out of the auto field entirely. Insurance companies are not obliged to underwrite doubtful risks. But applicants who are rejected for auto or housing policies can generally get at least...
Fortas really had little choice: he had either to resign or to face almost certain impeachment by the House of Representatives. Though he attempted to dismiss his financial dealings with the Wolfson Family Foundation as routine and blameless, the pressure from both Congress and the Nixon Administration became severe and finally intolerable. Fortas decided to resign, he said, as soon as he realized that the furor surrounding him-and the court-could not otherwise subside. "Hell," he said piously, "I feel there wasn't any choice for a man of conscience...