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...special interests to pervert the American national interest. Political action committees in general are under attack by politicians from both parties (AIPAC is not a PAC, but it controls an impressive array of PACs). And while The Lobby has always found its most receptive audience in Congress, the legislative branch's ability and willingness to influence American foreign policy is in rapid decline. Congress may still be browbeaten into large aid packages, but an executive branch less susceptible to AIPAC pressure will decide how much--or how little--diplomatic or military support the U.S. will provide Israel...
...scantily clad women displayed at the Jacksonville Shipyards qualify as harassment under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Such a "boys' club" atmosphere, wrote Judge Howell Melton in his 98-page opinion, is "no less destructive to workplace equality than a sign declaring 'Men Only.' " The Florida branch of the American Civil Liberties Union promptly denounced the decision as a possible violation of free speech, but many women were jubilant. Exulted University of Michigan law professor Catharine MacKinnon: "This is a stunning victory...
...OFTEN SAID that war is simply a continuation of politics by other means. Unfortunately, the inverse is often true as well. Throughout its wartime history, the United States government has acted out the same script again and again on the domestic front. the executive branch centralizes power in its hands. Federal authorities crack down on dissent. Civil liberties are violated. And each time, politicians justify the measures as a temporary expediency, an unpleasant but necessary means of ensuring American victory...
Even the path to war was paved with troubling actions. President Bush single-handedly guided the country to the brink of battle and consulted Congress only when the legislative branch had no reasonable alternative but to go along. What was even more disturbing, however, was Bush's open admission that he would have committed American troops to fight even if Congress had explicitly forbidden him to do so. If the war goes badly and Congress votes to withdraw U.S. forces, Bush may provoke a Constitutional crisis by ignoring the legislative branch...
...executive branch, however, is holding fast. A spokesperson for the Department of Defense insisted that officials are not even considering the option. "There is no draft," he said, "and there has been no planning...