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...criminal cases. But because they involve drug crimes, say civil libertarians, many recent decisions have fallen victim to the war against that scourge. "The rules are going to be applied against all kinds of people who have nothing to do with drugs," warns New York University law professor Norman Dorsen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union. "If the trend continues, many people who say, 'This is a free country, and I can do such and such,' will find that they...
...firms that are organized as partnerships. Carol Dinkins, who was sworn in the day after the ruling as Deputy Attorney General, the highest Justice Department rank ever held by a woman, called the action "gratifying"; the department had in fact supported Hishon before the Supreme Court. But, warns Harriette Dorsen, a partner in a New York City firm: "I'm not sure what practical progress will be made. Partnerships can be awarded in ways so that prejudice is disguised...
...capital's most visibly successful lobbyists. Civil liberties activists credit Harvard's new vice president with transforming the ACLU into one of the most effective lobbies in the country. "Shattuck has succeeded in establishing the ACLU as a major force in Congress," says ACLU President Norman Dorsen, a professor at New York University Law School...
...committee of four law professors and Norman Dorsen, president of the ACLU, wrote the first draft of the statement, Ruth B. Ginsberg, general counsel for the ACLU, said yesterday...
Five days before the committee was slated to begin the new round of public hearings into the two big contributions, the head of the milk-deal investigation, David Dorsen, visited Chief Counsel Sam Dash in what a committee source described as "a panic." Dorsen pleaded that he was simply not prepared to begin a public hearing. After reviewing his work, Dash agreed, and told the staff on Monday that he would recommend a postponement to committee members the next day. What happened at that Tuesday meeting in Sam Ervin's office revealed the divergent courses, both personal and political...