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What the recent Polish events illustrate is something more than that fastest rule is possible within the framework of a Communist society, whereas democrat government and worker self-rule are clearly in- tolerable--and will not be tolerated. I would contend that what they illustrate of a truth we should have understood a very long time ago: that Communism is fascism successful fascism if you will... Communism is in itself a Variant the most successful variant, of fascism." "The Lesson of Poland." Susan Sontag, January...
...genius of Ely's scheme is that it seems to avoid the age-old tension between democratic theory and judicial activism. And in Democracy and Distrust, Ely buttressed his process-oriented view with a historical analysis of the Constitution so persuasive that Ely could contend that his "representation-reinforcing" theory of judicial review was just what the Founding Fathers had intended...
Nowadays Rumanian citizens must contend with food shortages, long lines in shops and a sliding economy that the country's President, Nicolae Ceauşescu, seems ill equipped to reverse. Ceauşescu has vowed, among other gestures, to jail anyone feeding bread to animals...
...bill is designed to update and stream-line the enormous body of federal criminal codes, but civil rights activists contend that it will curtail individual liberties by adding a series of new laws against activities such as protesting at nuclear power plants and publishing certain information leaked by government sources...
...example, these officials point out it is nearly impossible for auditors to determine the exact amount of time a professor spent on various projects when trying to determine where money from one grant ended and that from another began. This failure, they contend, reflects the government's lack of understanding of the way a university...