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...when President Reagan cuts financial aid to students. We will then have a situation where gay people are barred from one of the few remaining sources of financial aid available from the Federal government. If this is an important source of aid, why do Harvard, and others, accept without dissent the exclusion of gay people from these programs...
...partial dissent, Justice William Brennan warned that White's balancing act "portends a dangerous weakening of the purpose of the Fourth Amendment to protect the privacy and security of our citizens." James Weill, legal director of the Washington-based Children's Defense Fund, claimed that "the court hasn't been sufficiently protective of the unique status of children." Weill believes the court should offset children's vulnerability by giving them added rights and protections...
...surprise was that the Pentagon's position on preparing for the Geneva talks prevailed, so far as is known, without any top-level dissent. The usual procedure would have been to prepare a report for Reagan listing several options for his decision. But just before the New Year holiday, McFarlane flew to Palm Springs, Calif., to present the vacationing President with a twelve- page paper detailing an Administration "consensus." When Reagan met for an hour on New Year's Day with Shultz, McFarlane and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, he approved the paper as a set of instructions. Shultz...
...high court's flip-flop in the Stephens case reflects a deep fitfulness over capital punishment. "It takes its toll psychologically, and that spills into nasty memos," says one Supreme Court law clerk. Last year in one dissent, Justice William Brennan was especially bitter. "The court has once again rushed to judgment," he wrote, "apparently eager to reach a fatal conclusion...
...Congress in 1946 to be the President's closest source of economic advice. The Administration points out that eliminating the CEA and its 33-member staff would save the Government $2.6 million a year. But most observers think the White House's real objective is to reduce dissent in economic policymaking...