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...longer merely the headquarters for the Freemen's crooked amalgam of extremism and thievery. It's also the first major testing ground for federal law enforcement in the nervous aftermath of two disasters--the deadly shootout with white separatist Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, and the Branch Davidian inferno near Waco, Texas, in which more than 75 people were killed. In its handling of such standoffs, the Justice Department is at pains to re-establish the line between force and recklessness. The word this time is play it cool and play it down. Attorney General Janet Reno, who took...
...perhaps, if the FBI proves it can handle a standoff and negotiate a conclusion, the federal government will see the light. If the ATF is seen as both useless and vicious, maybe the U.S. will finally have a law-enforcement branch that deserves our trust...
Though Pattison added that current beef eaters run little risk, the news cast a pall over Britain's traditional eating habits. Butchers said last week there was little call for beef cuts. At the Strand branch of Angus Steak Houses Ltd., in central London, the management was offering a special: just $10 for a sirloin steak with French fries and mushrooms. During a busy Friday lunch hour, the offer had few takers...
...bills. After signing an appropriations measure, the President has five days to prepare a list of specific line-items to veto. The Congress could then vote again on the slate of selected line-items. Senator Robert Byrd led the Senate opposition, saying it ceded legislative authority to the executive branch, and predicted that the Supreme Court would rule the law unconstitutional. Approval of a line-item veto was one of the Repulicans' cherished provisions in their Contract With America, and many U.S. presidents have asked for line-item veto authority in recent decades. "This bill is going to make...
...Wednesday's action "prevents Congress from providing a federal forum for a broad range of actions against states, from . . . copyright and patent law to . . . bankruptcy, environmental law and the regulation of our vast national economy." The ruling rejuvenated the 11th Amendment, which restricts judicial powers given to the legislative branch. It also ended Congress' exclusive power in making laws affecting Native Americans...