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...court was "heeling" to the left and felt obliged, as he later put it, "to lean the other way." He was not much of a counterweight. The high court at the time was still dominated by liberals from the Earl Warren era, and Rehnquist often found himself in lonely dissent against the Justices' rulings upholding the constitutional rights of blacks, women and the poor. Indeed, Rehnquist was on the short end of so many 8-to-1 votes that his law clerks presented him with a small Lone Ranger doll, which still sits on the mantel in his chambers...
...elements of the world and demonstrates an inconsistency which will harm future diplomatic efforts. South Africa must not be allowed to remain in the drivers seat, closing off its society without international recourse when trouble arises and reopening its doors to the West when commericial demands arise and political dissent is under control. Let Pik Botha eat his words: treat this nation like the closed society it emulates...
...protest which egg them on to protest. Congressional interest will dwindle without such public pressure--to the delight of the Pretoria government. As after the Sharpville and Soweto riots, South Africa is plotting to gain time out of the limelight to lick its wounds and quell internal and external dissent...
...commission have claimed that their research does not justify the report's finding of a causal link between pornography and violence. The report contradicts a more extensive 1970 study that disputed that link, and the American Civil Liberties Union has condemned the latest findings as pro- censorship. Dissenting Commissioner Judith Becker contends that "social science literature does not show that exposure to porn causes a person to commit sexual crimes." She and Panel Member Ellen Levine, editor of Woman's Day magazine, plan to file a written dissent sometime this week. A national dialogue on pornography, says Levine, is important...
...dissent joined by William Rehnquist, Chief Justice Warren Burger complained that the majority had infringed on "a procedure which has been part of the common law for many centuries." A surprising member of the majority was Byron White, author of a 1965 court decision that last week's ruling overturned. "The time has come," said White, to take a further step to root out discrimination in jury selection...