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Missouri Attorney General William Webster, the first to speak, attempted to minimize the impact of his state's antiabortion law, which declares that life begins at conception and bars the use of public funds and public facilities such as hospitals to perform or assist in an abortion. The statute, which has never gone into effect, would also forbid doctors in publicly funded hospitals to "encourage or counsel" a woman to obtain an abortion. Webster argued that several of the law's provisions would have little impact, implying that the court could uphold them without jeopardizing...
That line provoked the sharpest rejoinder of the day, from attorney Frank Susman, who argued on behalf of the Missouri abortion clinic that is challenging the antiabortion law: "It has always been my personal experience that when I pull a thread, my sleeve falls off . . . It is not a thread he is after. It is the full range of procreational rights and choices...
...Justices must decide how widely to rule: to strike down the Missouri law or to support it as compatible with Roe; they could also restrict or, less likely, overturn Roe. Many observers expect a fragmented court until further appointments produce a firm majority on one side or the other. As with some affirmative-action cases, even Justices who agree in an abortion ruling might disagree about the legal basis for their conclusions. Although the Justices were expected to vote on the case in a closed-door session last week, their decision is not likely to be announced until late next...
...Chicago Tribune. There was consolation in the encomiums by fellow pols, who hailed Marzullo as the "dean" of Windy City politics. The embarrassed Tribune, still renowned for its DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN headline in 1948, launched an investigation of the gaffe. It turned out that Marzullo's brother-in-law, who lived in the same building, had passed away...
...since the Detroit city council last month asked Congress to establish a $40 billion education fund for the descendants of slaves. While the idea has a surface plausibility, its proponents might have overlooked important historical distinctions. Recent payments to Native Americans are the result of acknowledged violations of U.S. law, and the Japanese Americans who received compensation for their internment were the victims themselves, not their descendants...