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...record highs when he first took power from a Prime Minister widely seen as corrupt and out of touch, has plummeted to levels below that of Osama bin Laden (though still higher than U.S. President George W. Bush, according to a new poll). Last week, through his lawyer, Musharraf promised the Supreme Court that he would step down as chief of the army if he were elected. Many opposition politicians interpreted that as a threat: if he is not reelected, by whatever reason, be it a Supreme Court injunction, or a lack of quorum in Parliament brought about...
...what some lawyers and analysts see as an attempt to preempt a supreme court decision declaring him ineligible to run for President, Musharraf, through his lawyer, promised the court on Tuesday that if reelected by the parliament, he would step down as army chief before being sworn in on November 15. It's a promise that rings hollow to some, and one that has been heard before. In 2002 Musharraf promised that he would step down as army chief in exchange for a one-time exemption to the very same article 63, citing the ongoing political tensions. Back then...
Yale Galanter was livid when he flew into Las Vegas to meet with his client O.J. Simpson. He had arrived to discover that a local lawyer was claiming to represent the former pro-football player, arrested by police after an alleged break-in at a hotel to recover memorabilia. In an interview with TIME, Galanter expresses his incredulity at the other lawyer's gall: "Is there any person on the planet who doesn't know I represent...
...also helped Galanter's profile. Simpson's celebrity made the lawyer a public figure almost overnight. Whenever Simpson gets in trouble - and that seems to be a constant - Galanter's name has been out there. That has included a federal drug raid on Simpson's home in 2001, a ticket for speeding in a manatee zone in 2002, a domestic violence call to his residence in 2003, and his participation last year in the writing of a fictional account of the murders of his former wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman...
...line of optometrists in the family, Galanter originally planned to spend his days on the links. "I was in line to become a professional golfer," he says. "I probably grew up in the only Jewish family whose parents did not want their son to become a doctor or lawyer." But O.J. is probably glad Galanter didn't choose to swing clubs for money...