Word: counsels
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...much light; there's no deterrence value in executing a zealot (true believers, after all, want to die for the cause). But deterrence is always murky; there's no proof capital punishment discourages crime by anyone other than the criminals who get executed. Death-penalty proponent Glenn Lammi, chief counsel of the legal-studies division of the Washington Legal Foundation, admits that "there are no convincing studies" tracking the relationship between the death penalty and the crime rate, because isolating one variable in a sea of factors (poverty, gun availability, alcohol use, policing techniques) is beyond our abilities...
...sure, Bob Bennett, Clinton's chief counsel on the case, was talking tough. Having delayed the case long enough to get Clinton safely past the 1996 election, Bennett, who is one of Washington's premier power lawyers (fee: $475 an hour), now says he wants to speed it up. Sources close to the President told TIME that one of Bennett's first moves will probably be to subpoena the affidavit detailing what Jones says are the "distinguishing characteristics" she saw in Clinton's genital area when he made an unsubtle demand for sex in a Little Rock hotel room. Once...
Indications are, however, that Bennett's hard charging is aimed at prodding Jones and her lawyers into accepting a settlement that would inflict the least possible political damage on Clinton. Others around the President, notably White House counsel Charles Ruff, are known to be pushing hard for a settlement, precisely on the ground that a trial is a no-win situation; even a complete legal victory would carry heavy political costs. For example, if Bennett has to question Jones about her sexual history, he could outrage the feminists who have been among Clinton's strongest supporters--and who have kept...
...think that Planned Parenthood could grab money from LifeLine that American Family Association supporters intended to go to us. This is not the case. Planned Parenthood cannot interfere with LifeLine's payments to the American Family Association or any organization other than Operation Rescue. PATRICK J. VAUGHN Assistant General Counsel American Family Association Tupelo, Miss...
Besides her work with Harvard and the NLRB, Taylor taught law at Boston College Law School and was the general counsel both for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Office of Inspector General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...