Word: blasi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Congress used a sledgehammer when it should have used a scalpel," explained Columbia University Law Professor Vincent Blasi. "It's difficult enough to define obscenity, but indecency is entirely in the eye of the beholder." Conservative Republican Senator Jesse Helms called the maintenance of the ban on obscene messages a "major victory for our children" but otherwise decried the ruling. "How many ruined lives will it take before the court and society realize the devastation that can result from dial-a-porn?" he asked...
...think some Justices will put a lot of weight on having a stronger majority," says Columbia University law professor Vincent Blasi. "I also think they'll be confident that in the next few years they will get it." With Roe supporters William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun all in their 80s, George Bush is likely to be able to make some court appointments...
...principal. Another tax break gives banks and other lenders a 50% deduction on their income from ESOP loans, which enables them to charge lower interest rates to companies that borrow for such programs. "These are the kinds of tax incentives that corporate owners dream of," says ESOP expert Joseph Blasi of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo...
...that religiously inspired symbols should be permitted when they reflect U.S. tradition. "As long as we're going to have Christmas as a national holiday," says Fordham University law professor Charles Whelan, "it makes sense to allow the display of a creche." But as Columbia University law professor Vincent Blasi points out, there is a catch. "In order to uphold the use of religious symbols," he says, "you have to officially describe them as having a secular meaning." Such a redefinition, says James Andrews, chief executive of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), "amounts to the trivialization of the Christian faith...
...government, not an open statute book. Bulk can even be an inverse indication of its power: the 181 articles in the constitution of the Weimar Republic were the Maginot Line of German democracy. "It's dangerous to amend the Constitution too much," says Columbia University Law Professor Vincent Blasi. "It won't have the look of fundamental...