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...Constitution is full of grand ambiguities. How can you have strict construction of a grand ambiguity? The real issue is: What is responsible justice?" Last week in his television speech, Nixon suggested his own definition: "It is my belief that it is the duty of a judge to interpret the Constitution and not to place himself above the Constitution . . . He should not twist or bend the Constitution in order to perpetuate his personal, political and social views...
...profusion of them, to task for their inexactness, their apologies, their kitchen table psychology, and mainly for reading into her life what they wanted from her, and not what was there. Biography stands firm when it simply chronicles a person's life. But, the urge for non-professionals to interpret behavior is irresistible...
...pleased with the prospect that Mrs. Lillie, a California state appeals court judge since 1958, may become the first woman Supreme Court Justice. A warm personality, she is not known as a judicial thinker, and even her admirers admit that she seems to go out of her way to interpret the law against criminal defendants. Says U.C.L.A. Law Professor Melville Nimmer: "She has no analytical ability, no depth in framing and perceiving legal issues. Her reputation among law professors and attorneys ranges from mundane and average to something below that...
...great significance.'' In March, when Hodgson termed a slight decrease in unemployment "heartening," Goldstein called it "a mixed picture." Apprised of Hodgson's view, Goldstein replied: "I am not here to support or not support the Secretary's statement. I am here to help you interpret the figures." Soon after, Hodgson, with White House concurrence, canceled Goldstein's monthly press briefings, at which he made most of his unvarnished assessments...
...Grillo's attempt to interpret my racial or ethnic views--or even, in fact, my ethnic origin--on the basic of a place of relatively straight reporting is puzzling to me. To answer her points in order: 1) The listing of DiCara's strengths was an almost verbatim paraphrase of the listing given me by his campaign manager. Grillo cleverly omits one-third of the listing: the word "liberal," which is ordinarily taken to refer to a candidate's political beliefs. 2) My listing of DiCara's appearance was not a slur, but merely an observation that...