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More and more, the courts are being prodded to legitimize a sea change in societal norms that legislators have refused to recognize. One day after the Steffan decision, a New York court ordered the state university's law school in Buffalo to halt campus interviews by military recruiters, because, said Judge Diane Lebedeff, "there is no dispute the military currently engages in sexual-orientation discrimination in its employment practices." With two such clear strikes against the Pentagon's practices, it is only a matter of time before the Supreme Court takes up the issue...
Shortly after the U.N. called a halt to its unsuccessful search for Mohammed Farrah Aidid, the Somali warlord emerged from hiding to celebrate with thousands of shouting and dancing supporters. In addition to dropping its $25,000 reward for Aidid's capture, the U.N. announced the release of eight of his aides. The gestures are intended to encourage Aidid to join in negotiations that Washington now hopes will end the country's clan warfare. U.S. special envoy to Somalia Robert Oakley met with Aidid after he came out of hiding. Said Oakley: "The U.S. realized we made a mistake getting...
...Fieger, urged supporters not to do so. It was typical of Kevorkian's defiant, publicity-conscious campaign that he chose a cell and a hunger strike. His objective is to attract attention and change minds. He argues that Michigan's law against assisted suicides, which was enacted specifically to halt his activities, is "immoral" and must be struck down. He has been charged with violating it twice, and he could be sentenced to four years' imprisonment if he is found guilty...
...Congress may soon halt funding amid protests from scientists and advocacy groups that the drug received the go-ahead because of lobbying rather than sound scientific evidence...
Indeed, the results of a TIME/CNN poll taken last week suggest that Americans find the idea of human cloning deeply troubling: 3 out of 4 disapprove. A substantial 40% would put a temporary halt on research, and 46% would favor a law making it a crime to clone a human being...