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Bork's special scorn has been reserved for the court's expansions of individual and civil rights in the past four decades. Among the decisions that Bork has blasted as groundless and unconstitutional: a seminal 1948 decision, Shelley v. Kraemer, that denied state courts the authority to enforce racially restrictive agreements between sellers and buyers; Griswold v. Connecticut, which in 1965 struck down a state law forbidding the use of contraceptives even by married couples; the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that extended the right of privacy to protect abortion; and the 1978 Bakke v. University of California decision that...
...opinion issued last June to guide federal agencies regarding AIDS-related discrimination. While agreeing that under the law AIDS is a handicap, Justice officials decreed that contagiousness is not. Therefore, they contended, it is permissible to discriminate on the basis of concern over contagion, even if that concern is groundless and irrational. In the Shuttleworth case, Broward County is using arguments that run parallel to those in the Justice guidelines. "They support what we've said all along," says Gordon Rogers, the county's attorney. If it chooses to do so, however, the Supreme Court may rule broadly enough...
...least -- that Kim's career was finally at an end: "Our leader Kim Il Sung flows in the river as a leaf." A statement announcing his death by shooting followed shortly. Monday's broadcasts eulogized Kim extensively. Then, on Tuesday, came the startling admonition, "Do not be deceived by groundless rumors that our leader Kim Il Sung is dead...
...stories come alive. The subject matter is complex; writers and editors are confronted with jargon- filled journals and stacks of press releases touting "breakthroughs." They must quickly differentiate between true medical advances and sophisticated hyperbole. Getting the story wrong can mean giving sick people false hopes or, even worse, groundless fears. Getting it right can help them discover new pathways to healthier lives...
...mean you have to agree with them. Reminding people that a problem exists does not mean you are assuming superiority. If that were true then the conservatives who remind us of suffering in Afghanistan are equally guilty. The generalizations about all liberals made by The Crimson are partly groundless, partly ludicrous, and partly based on a small minority. There are thousands of students at Harvard. The majority voted for Mondale in the campus poll taken in 1984; they would be characterized as liberal by most observers. Of these thousands, only a small fraction have been involved in such incidents...