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Like all citizens, they are subject to the criminal laws, but if an official violated a citizen's rights, a judge's main recourse was to order a halt to the unlawful conduct. The official was generally immune from lawsuits in which the aggrieved citizen sought monetary compensation. Exposing officials to such civil actions, reasoned the Supreme Court in 1896, "would seriously cripple the proper and effective administration of public affairs." Over the years, small, scattered openings were occasionally made in this wall. Then, in 1971, the high court punched the first major hole by ruling that federal...
...members, Begin called Haig in Bonn to assure him that the Cabinet would approve a unilateral decision the next morning. It did, and the cease-fire took effect at noon on Friday. But Israeli officials made it clear that it applied only to the Syrians, who also agreed to halt their fighting. The Israelis said they would continue cleanup operations against the P.L.O. in Lebanon. Only on Saturday did Jerusalem announce that it would observe a similar cease-fire toward the Palestinians...
...seemed unmoved. Magnanimity "was not a word I use in connection with the Falklands," she told a television interviewer at midweek. To give in "to an invader and an aggressor and a military dictator," she said, "would be treachery or betrayal of our own people." Only one thing could halt the British drive: an immediate Argentine decision to "withdraw within the next ten to 14 days...
...enthusiasm of the planners has not allayed widespread fears. The project's opponents say it would wipe out great expanses of forest lands and close off such historic ports as Arkhangelsk. In addition, the diversions would flood northern agricultural lands, temporarily halt river traffic and, by denying salmon and other river-breeding species their fresh-water spawning grounds, wreck flourishing fisheries. Severe problems may also come from the thick ice expected to remain well past winter in the new reservoirs. By retarding the spring thaw, the freeze-up could cut the already brief northern growing season by two weeks...
...addition, about 16 percent of the Class of '57 have signed a letter calling for a halt to the nuclear arms race. Lucin S. Hatch '57, an organizer of the drive, said recently...