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Though a distinguished 25-year law veteran andformer federal district court judge nominee, Hopeis known as much for her status as a Washingtoninsider as for her work as a transportationlawyer. Holding on to many of the connections shemade 25 years ago as a law student, Hope has keptclose ties to...
Last spring, Hope drew attention when she was nominated by then-President Ronald Reagan to replace outgoing federal judge and unsuccessful U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork. Hope's appointment was opposed by congressional Democrats, who wished to postpone the selection in the hopes that a Democratic presidential victory...
Hope's nomination was never considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Dole had planned to renominate her for a federal judgeship this year, but Hope contacted him last week and asked that she not be considered, a spokesperson for the senator said.
Voluntary national service has long been widely popular; in an early 1988 Gallup poll, 83% of those surveyed endorsed the concept. The problem is that given free choice, few 18-year-olds are likely to sign on at subsistence wages to empty bedpans or monitor naptime in day-care centers...
The crux of the Nunn plan is the draconian requirement that by the mid- 1990s, aspiring college students (with a few narrowly drawn exceptions) would have to serve in the civilian or military branches of the Citizens Corps before they could receive federal aid for higher education. No altruism, no...