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Cool and Balanced. Once all the arguments have been heard, Judge Muir intends to make his decision next week. It will probably be the toughest question that has ever faced the 43-year-old jurist, who specialized in municipal law before his appointment to the bench in 1971. "He is cool, and very balanced," says one observer. "He does his homework and weighs everything very carefully." Judge Muir will have plenty of weighing to do, for the courts have generally been reluctant to make life and death decisions. Nonetheless, the question of whether the plug can be pulled is unlikely...
...Party's symbol (a cow and a calf) in an illicit religious appeal for votes. But he ruled that she had allowed Yashpal Kapoor, a key political aide, to campaign for her prior to quitting his government post. Justice Sinha, who is regarded as a staunchly non-political jurist, also found that the Uttar Pradesh state government had illegally assisted her by improving roads, erecting platforms and providing special crowd protection...
...dare you intimate that Justice William O. Douglas should resign his seat [April 7]? Throughout my entire lifetime he has been the voice of the people-the maverick who stood up for the underdog. I have no doubt that he is still the capable and forward-thinking jurist that he has always been. Janice Leber North Hollywood, Calif...
...periodic therapy, the redoubtable Justice intends to resume his seat on the high bench this week. Despite reports that the proud outdoorsman might quit rather than be wheeled to work (TIME, Feb. 17), the liberal Douglas seems determined to deprive President Ford of the opportunity to appoint a conservative jurist to the court. On the job again and in high spirits, the old mountaineer gave an optimistic order to his secretary: "Tell the press to get ready. We're going to be back walking the canal pretty soon...
President Ford would be wise to announce that Mr. Nixon will be given a general grant of amnesty because, as a noted jurist once said, there are times when "forgiveness is deemed more expedient for the public welfare than prosecution and punishment." To make such a move palatable to those who believe that justice should be evenhanded, President Ford should couple amnesty for Mr. Nixon with amnesty for the thousands of Viet Nam-era draft evaders still at large. Let us err on the side of mercy. Unless this quarrel between the past and the present is quelled, we shall...