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...With the growth of Government, the power of the judiciary has naturally expanded. Thus public-interest groups that cannot sway legislatures will not hesitate to run off to the courts to get their "rights" upheld. Judges are often more likely to extend a sympathetic ear, less likely to get hamstrung by opposing interests...
...police are overromanticized as crime solvers, says Silberman, courts are underrated for punishing criminals. He argues that the courts are not the revolving doors that they are popularly thought to be, and that they have not been hamstrung by the criminal-rights safeguards of the Warren Court. He also questions whether courts are more lenient than they used to be; available data indicate that a higher percentage of felons go to prison than 50 years ago. "Most importantly," writes Silberman, "it is not true that the guilty escape punishment." Sooner or later, criminals get caught?and know...
Because of the First Amendment and ambiguous espionage laws, the U.S. press is not nearly so hamstrung by Government secrecy as its British and Canadian counterparts, who could not get away with printing something like the Pentagon papers. As for American public servants who disclose Government information, they can land in jail only if the information harms the national defense (though just what material should be classified secret remains hotly debated). To plug less serious leaks, the U.S. has tried to use other tools. Example: Snepp was not charged with disclosing classified information but with violating his secrecy oath, which...
Improvement still seems distant. Under Mrs. Gandhi, Indian industry was mired in deep recession-largely because of impenetrable tangles of red tape. Desai's government did, however, inherit over $4 billion in foreign reserves and record wheat stockpiles. But the Janata regime is hamstrung by internal wrangling. Squabbles over patronage have left many ministerial posts vacant. "I have no time for policymaking because I have no help," moans a minister. One result is that Desai's first budget virtually duplicates that of the former Congress government. Inflation (now 2% a month) and shortages of key commodities (edible...
...Rhodesian army ranks among the world's finest fighting units. But it is hamstrung by a lack of supplies and spare parts, and, above all, by the hostility or indifference of black villagers, whose hearts and minds are the key to military success in a guerrilla war. Unless the political climate changes, the best the army can do is keep up the present level of containment. Eliminating terrorism-the basic goal of Smith's regime-will be beyond...