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...Nixon and Gorbachev, SDI was "the only major substantive issue we discussed." Nixon's memo summarized Gorbachev's forceful objections to the program in a way that seemed calculated to make it difficult for Reagan to dismiss them as unreasonable...
...striking example of the difference: in separate cases, Bork and Kennedy ! both ruled that the Navy could dismiss homosexuals from the service, but for very different reasons. Bork took the occasion to attack a long line of Supreme Court decisions reading into the Constitution a right to privacy. Kennedy, in contrast, noted that homosexuality "might be constitutionally protected activity in some other contexts," but not in the Navy, which has a special need to maintain order among men forced into close contact with one another. He added that the regulations requiring discharge of homosexuals, though not unconstitutional given the situation...
...country cares about the rights of women. Fedders, the former enforcement director of the Securities and Exchange Commission, resigned two years ago after his divorce blew into a public furor when he confessed to beating his wife repeatedly during their 18-year marriage. But before the "mainstream" could dismiss John Fedders as an aberration, the Maryland Courts stepped in. Late last month, the state rewarded him for his actions--and dampened whatever satisfaction Americans take as members of a society that has progressed in the area of equal rights...
...state's case first appeared before Brockton Superior Court Judge Harry Elam on November 3rd. At that hearing, Gertner argued motions to dismiss the case. The court is still considering those motions at this time...
Jackson supporters dismiss the contention thathis image shift means he will move to themainstream and forsake his traditionalconstituents. Rather, they say he is notforgetting his loyal special interest coalitions,but including them in the larger scheme of hisplatform...