Word: branches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Noting that the Justices have always objected to being called secretive, Thomas remembers, "One of them, Byron White, once told me, 'We're the only branch of Government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a decision...
...ones are still unresolved, like the conflict between Congress and the Executive over which branch has the power to commit U.S. troops abroad. But no matter how technical or tortuous the case before them, the Justices can put their decision to the tests posed by Warren: "Is it fair? Is it right...
...judicial restraint. For example, when the appeals court last year ordered the Food and Drug Administration to examine evidence that drugs used to execute prisoners by "lethal injection" can cause torturous death, Scalia dissented, calling the decision "a clear intrusion upon the powers that belong to Congress, the Executive Branch and to the states." A Roman Catholic, Scalia is personally opposed to abortion. Both Scalia, who taught at the University of Chicago, and Bork, who went there as a student, are influenced by the "Chicago School" view that the Government should not hamper the free market...
...cannot automatically generalize [statistics relating to the population as a whole] to older people," said Branch...
...Branch said that subsequent studies are in order. He emphasized that this study did not measure the effect of regular physical exercise, or careful dieting. "I sure hope these factors prolong life," he said...