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...court generally opposes judicial activism, favoring legislative settlement of conflicts. This year, at least, it has made no real landmark decisions, and law professors tend to judge it harshly. "The court is without leadership." says the University of Chicago's Philip Kurland. "It's run by a five-man center" (Stewart, White, Blackmun, Powell and Stevens). The University of Virginia's A.E. Dick Howard agrees: "None of the central five has an overriding judicial philosophy. They decide cases as they come." Adds Yale's Bruce Ackerman: "A sweeping moral vision guiding the nation...
...When five-man Kevin Shaw smashed Ray Stein, 6-3, 6-2, and Al Bunis handled Eben Hardie at number six, 6-4, 7-6, the Crimson had opened a 6-0 lead heading into the doubles competition...
Unfortunately for the five-man Harvard contingent, it didn't have to stay there too long. Facing the third-seeded unit, California, the Crimson could manage but one victory--Ned Bacon's four-game triumph--and lost 4-1 in the opening round...
...next numbers the racquetmen have to worry about should be a little less lopsided. The Crimson will head to Chicago this weekend to participate in the national championships. The play there will see a healthy Desaulniers in the singles, and a five-man squad in the team competition...
Last week a five-man majority of the U.S. Supreme Court rejected that argument. The court ruled that it was not necessarily unconstitutional for a suburb to refuse to change zoning restrictions that in effect bar racially integrated low-cost housing projects. Said Justice Lewis Powell for the majority: "Official action will not be held unconstitutional solely because it results in a racially disproportionate impact . . . Proof of racially discriminatory intent or purpose is required to show a violation of the equal protection clause." The court found no such intent...