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...promises direct elections as an "ultimate aim." Currently, the Chief Executive is chosen by an 800-member electoral college that is overwhelmingly pro-Beijing, and 60% of the Legislative Council, or Legco, the territory's law-making body, is appointed or elected from business and social groups that strongly favor the status quo. The Basic Law says that setup can be changed "if there is a need...
...China "interpreted" the Basic Law before? Yes, but in an utterly different circumstance. After the handover in 1997, thousands of mainlanders with a Hong Kong parent demanded the right of abode in Hong Kong. The territory's courts ruled in their favor. But the Hong Kong government asked Beijing to reinterpret the law to prevent the migrations, which it did. In that case, Hong Kong surrendered its judicial autonomy to China; Beijing merely obliged. Legal experts and libertarians were appalled but not the general public, because most Hong Kongers don't want to see more mainlanders coming to the territory...
...bill passed by the House last week needs the approval of the Senate by the beginning of next year in order to become law. Political scientists who closely track Congress agreed that the Senate is likely to vote in favor of the measure...
...Hazmat suits can be used for highway oil spills and police raids of crystal-meth labs. As the fire fighters will tell you, they should have had this equipment years ago. Mark Young, chief of the Casper fire department, says of federal authorities, "They've done us all a favor in this state. We're not gonna waste their money...
Adultery is a much bigger threat to heterosexual marriage than gay marriage will ever be. If I were candidate John Kerry, I would come out in favor of marriage for gays and for a constitutional amendment outlawing adultery. That way I'd get the support of both the gay community and the religious right. SERGIO ASENSIO North Potomac...