Word: decisional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kennedy says he has thought it all out. He has been through so much already, he feels, that he does not see how this could be worse. "Maybe I'm wrong," he says. "Maybe it will be a lot worse than I think." Friends say that Kennedy is fatalistic about...
On energy, Kennedy originally opposed ending Government regulation of crude oil prices, calling decontrol "the worst form of rationing because it is rationing by price." Nowadays, however, he seems resigned to Carter's decision to abolish price controls. Kennedy is also skeptical of Carter's synthetic-fuels program. The Senator...
How should these failings be corrected? Starting at the top, the Kemeny commission urges abolishing the NRC and replacing it with a single Director of Nuclear Regulation to be appointed by the President. Explained a Kemeny commission member: ''We felt that when you have a collegial body, you...
Each Supreme Court Justice, from the most junior to the most senior, has an equal voice and vote on each decision. The Chief Justice, or ''the Chief,'' as he is called, is primus inter pares-first among equals. At conference, the Chief begins the discussion of...
The WCC is presently having difficulty trying "to carve out a specific legislative agenda," Sharp says. At the meeting, officials discussed a number of specific issues, including the composition of government committees which pass out federal research dollars and several specific statutes. More importantly, however, the participants raised questions of...