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...celebrated testament, Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number, his argument is strongest when it sticks to narrative. But after a few tantalizing glimpses, he is back in his room, reading the island through government documents. The result is scarcely more distinctive than trying to interpret the U.S. through the self-contradictions and bromides of a Ronald Reagan speech. Ultimately, Cuba: A Journey is not really about Cuba, or a journey; it is rather an appraisal of the Cuban system by a man who might have come to the same conclusions without ever leaving home...
Unfortunately, reality is far different. The Constitution is sufficiently ambiguous that no two--much less nine--jurists could ever interpret it in exactly the same way. Everyone has a different opinion about what the document means, and those opinions hinge on the reader's political values. Thus, one justice might believe that the 14th Amendment protects only Blacks from discrimination, while another might argue that it protects all groups...
...woman, and that BK (black king) was the suspect. Using these clues, Keene deduced that Theresa Terry must be buried in the Irish town of Limerick. His theory tallied with police discoveries that the suspect had hired a car and used credit cards in Ireland. But Keene could not interpret the letters HG, which he thought might stand for "her grave" or be reverse code for "grievous harm." More important, police have yet to find the body; they refuse to say whether they even searched for it in Limerick...
...this century, it took place only after Ronald Reagan had loaded the lower federal courts with judges who met his own tests on abortion, prayer in school, affirmative action and the separation of powers. Both sides can also point to history to support their arguments about how Senators should interpret their constitutional mandate to "advise and consent" in the process of choosing Justices. Over the years 29 presidential nominees, about a fifth of the total, have failed to win Senate approval, many of them over questions of philosophy, not competence...
Souter's first chapter focuses on Holmes'conception of law. Souter says that Holmesbelieves laws are essentially prophecies of howfuture judges will interpret them. According toSouter, Holmes believes laws will serve as "guidesfor individual conduct of such a sort as to keepthe individual free from displeasing action of thecourts as they administer...