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Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Stephen Breyer, the third panelist, agreed with Kennedy but said that by itself, the Bill of Rights is not very effective. Breyer described to the audience what he had told several Russian visitors who had asked him, "Why does the government do what you say? Can the government put pressure on you...What about your wife...
...bearing children from any job where lead readings reached specified levels. Company officials acted on the grounds that medical evidence indicated that contamination of a mother could cause serious damage to the nervous system of any fetus she carried. In supporting the company two years ago, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that those who opposed Johnson had failed to show how anything less than a sweeping measure would eliminate the hazard...
...liberal legislators beat back Ronald Reagan's nomination of the controversial conservative scholar to the U.S. Supreme Court. Now ideological forces are marshaling for another judicial confirmation battle. The focus is Federal District Judge Kenneth L. Ryskamp, 58, nominated by President Bush to fill a vacancy on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Florida. The Miami jurist will face a rugged reception this week at Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, where opponents will try to block his confirmation on the ground that he is insensitive to civil rights...
...furor has as much to do with the nominee's prospective job as with his alleged insensitivity. The 12-member 11th Circuit, covering Florida, Georgia and Alabama, reversed Ryskamp rulings on civil-liberties issues eight times during his short judicial tenure. In Ryskamp's defense, Justice Department officials note that his civil rights record mirrors that of other federal judges. But that is largely a reflection of the fact that liberals are an "endangered species" on the federal bench, as Sheldon Goldman, a University of Massachusetts expert on the judiciary, puts...
Saudi Arabians can eavesdrop on armed-forces radio but not on the military's closed-circuit TV signals. Even so, all tapes and transmissions coming into the country are monitored to avoid offending the sensibilities of the Saudi hosts. That rules out programs containing make-out scenes, women wearing tight or revealing clothing and displays of religious icons. Some soldiers were concerned that the restrictions might cause the censorship of Cher's Video Canteen, a two-hour special of music videos hosted by the actress, whose scanty costumes are her trademark. Programmers for the VH-1 cable network, which sponsored...