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...more conservative when it returns in October. Justice Anthony Kennedy, who did not take part in many recent decisions, will be present from the start. Next fall the three most liberal members of the court, William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun, will all be in their 80s. Byron White is rumored to be thinking of retirement. Once again interest groups in Washington are proclaiming how important the November election will be in shaping the future of the court -- just as many of them had said in 1980 and 1984. This time, they are probably right...
...origin, among other things, gender was the main issue. Women were the only group that most clubs would confess to barring. The ordinance had been challenged in court by the New York State Club Association, which claimed that it violated the right of free association. Not so, said Justice Byron White, writing for the court. "It may well be that a considerable amount of private or intimate association occurs in such a setting . . . but that fact alone does not afford the entity as a whole any constitutional immunity to practice discrimination." White did indicate, however, that individual clubs could still...
Forget about Mick Dundee for a bit, and focus on Rico the drug lord. Why is he portrayed as a Colombian, instead of just another bad guy? Why does he have to speak with an accent that makes Ricardo Montalban sound like Lord Byron...
...common knowledge that plastic garbage bags left on or at the side of a public street are readily accessible to animals, children, scavengers, snoops and other members of the public," declared Justice Byron White for the majority. Requiring police to seek warrants before searching such refuse would therefore be inappropriate, he wrote. Rubbish, responded Dissenters William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, who predicted that "members of our society will be shocked" by the court's ruling. "Scrutiny of another's trash is contrary to commonly accepted notions of civilized behavior," they maintained. "A single bag of trash testifies eloquently...
...wonder if Michael Jackson is a fan of the poet Lord Byron, who used to use the skull of a dead friend as his drinking container. Byron also wanted the skull of the poet Percy Shelley after Shelley drowned, but couldn't get it. Come on Michael, I'm sure there are stores in your neighborhood that sell other types of drinking containers. I'm sure they're cheaper...