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...damning testimony against him, Demjanjuk, 67, a retired Cleveland autoworker, last week took the stand in his own defense for the first time. Throughout four days of grueling examination in a Jerusalem courtroom, Demjanjuk never wavered from his claim that he is a victim of mistaken identity. Israeli prosecutors contend that he was the sadistic guard named Ivan who tended the gas chambers at the Treblinka death camp, where 850,000 Jews were slain. If convicted, he could be hanged under Israeli law. Demjanjuk was deported to Israel after U.S. officials concluded he had lied on his 1951 immigration application...
...Reagan emerges unharmed, Gorbachev may be quick to clear away the obstacles to an INF accord and a summit. If, on the other hand, the President's reputation -- or Shultz's -- is further wounded by the hearings, the Kremlin might decide it has the upper hand. Soviet observers contend that the President, along with his political advisers, may realize that only a successful summit can deflect attention from the Iran-contra affair and assure Reagan a favorable mention in the history books. And if Reagan is unwilling to make the concessions necessary for such a summit, Moscow may then conclude...
...court was part of Ronald Reagan's electoral mandate in 1980 and again in 1984. "This is one reason Ronald Reagan was elected," says Republican Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp. "To bring the Supreme Court back, after 25 years of wandering far from the meaning of the Constitution." Others contend that the Senate's constitutional responsibility to advise and consent does not extend to judgments of a candidate's philosophy. Says former Deputy Solicitor General Paul Bator: "If we adopt a political litmus test, our most distinguished members would fail...
...growing challenge to separation comes from "accommodationist" thinkers, who contend that the Government should recognize religion's role in society without favoring any one faith. A prime exponent is Rehnquist. In a blistering 1985 dissent (before he became Chief Justice), he declared that the Supreme Court's implementation of strict separation for the past 40 years has "no historical foundation." Similar points are made by Reagan Cabinet Members Edwin Meese and William Bennett, by conservative Protestants and, more mildly, by Roman Catholic leaders...
Whatever the odds, libel plaintiffs, especially public figures, often contend that suing is the only way to clear their reputations, that their denials will ring hollow unless accompanied by a court suit. "If I am elected President," says Robertson, "how could I ever order a young American into combat if the record is not absolutely clear that I never shirked military duty?" In other instances an embattled public official may calculate that litigation is the best way to discourage further damaging coverage. Inquirer Executive Editor Gene Roberts believes this is happening in Pennsylvania. Says he: "Public officials are using libel...