Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...However, the threat of a Court Martial hangs over their heads, and this element of self-interest in their pact with the refugees gives the movie added moral dimension, as we realize that this adventure is not as separate from real, post-war life as it may appear...
State attorney general's offices should also follow suit. Florida's case was moved forward when, on Sept. 21, an appeals court agreed to reconsider a pro-tobacco ruling earlier this month which had stated that smokers' claims for punitive damage had to be heard individually instead of in class action suits...
...succeed in having abortions classified as murders. But this bill, says TIME Washington correspondent John Dickerson, is unlikely to create much of a dent. "I very much doubt that this bill will pass," he says, "and even if it did, it would probably be struck down by the Supreme Court, since it flies in the face of the court?s existing stand on reproductive rights." If defeat is almost guaranteed, what?s in this campaign for the Christian Coalition? A presence on the political map, says Dickerson. "There?s a nagging fear in the coalition that they are being marginalized...
...defendants in the Virginia rape case are charged under the Violence Against Women Act, but contend that the commerce clause is not a sound basis for the act, and therefore that the case against them is invalid. The court?s deliberations will be watched carefully by lawmakers, because if the commerce clause is rejected as a viable basis for anti-discrimination law, it could affect not only the Violence Against Women Act but also countless other civil rights laws. ?Every major civil rights law on the federal books was enacted under the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution,? says Sanders...
...sweeping umbrella of the commerce clause may now be facing a intensive dissection, says Sanders. ?This court has indicated that it?s willing to take a look at these commerce-based laws, and that it may be willing to impose some limits.? Still, no one is predicting that a ruling for the defendants would radically alter civil rights laws, and despite the Supreme Court?s history of reviewing its past decisions, it may examine the anti-discrimination laws and decide to leave them alone. ?Sometimes,? explains Sanders, ?the Justices will let certain rulings stand, if they feel that the resultant...