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...African courts has undergone several changes since the ruling National Party came to power in 1948. The 110 judges in South Africa's far-flung Supreme Court system, which has branches at the national, provincial and local levels, are appointed by the chief of state with the advice and consent of the Cabinet. The majority are selected from among the country's most respected senior attorneys. Under this system, the newly installed Afrikaner government faced a host of judges who had been appointed by the previous administration, including many who had little sympathy for security and race laws designed...
...timetable for the elimination of apartheid laws; to release all political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela; to lift the ban on "black political movements," presumably including the African National Congress. He asked that the white government begin a dialogue with its opponents to create a system "that rests on the consent of the governed." None of these, however, was a departure from previous Administration policy...
...them experienced political consultants, announced their determination to persuade the bluntspoken 61-year-old auto manufacturer to pursue the Democratic nomination for the presidency. After analyzing the nuances of electoral rules and regulations, the committee members declared that they plan to launch a campaign without their candidate's consent. Their hope was that Iacocca would eventually give in to the pressure of voter support and join the race. "Mr. Iacocca would probably prefer for us to cease and desist," conceded the group's chairman, Michigan State Representative Richard Fitzpatrick. But, he added, "we need the best leadership we can find...
...Civil Rights Act and the Constitution. Cleveland, which had unsuccessfully litigated similar issues for eight years, agreed to a courtapproved settlement under which the city was required to give half of all promotions to minority fire fighters. The white-dominated union asked the Supreme Court to overturn the consent decree. By a 6-to-3 vote, the Justices ruled that lower-court judges do have broad discretion to approve such consent decrees remedying past discrimination...
Sokolow and Wilkis signed consent decrees to settle the SEC's civil charges against them, neither formally admitting nor denying guilt. Wilkis' lawyer, though, said his client, a graduate of Harvard College and Stanford University's business school, "acknowledges . . . his own violations of the law." Both men were banned for life from the U.S. securities business, and probably still face criminal charges. To earn a chance for leniency, Wilkis and Sokolow extended swift cooperation to authorities. Wilkis resigned from E.F. Hutton even before the SEC brought its case. Sokolow's lawyer said his client, who majored in economics...