Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Through legal maneuvers, Bundy, 42, had won three earlier stays of execution. But his luck ran out on Jan. 23, when the Supreme Court refused another delay. Cocky and contemptuous at his 1980 trial, Bundy turned remorseful in his final days, offering to confess to an array of unsolved murders. "Ted Bundy feels morally compelled as he faces death to do the right thing," said Diana Weiner, one of his attorneys...
...Supreme Court. By a 6-to-3 vote, the court struck down a Richmond ordinance intended to guarantee blacks and other minorities a greater share of the city's construction contracts. The decision not only threatened similar programs in 36 states but also potentially opened the door to legal attacks against other racially based government schemes...
...Legal experts see trouble ahead for set-aside plans and other government- sponsored racial remedies. "It's clear that affirmative-action programs will be harder to justify," concludes Professor Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law School. Officials around the country expressed concern over how their plans would fare under the ruling. The National League of Cities found the decision "troubling in what it says about the capacity of states and cities to govern at all in some matters...
...private companies to increase minority hiring, nor did it nullify the Federal Government's set-aside program. Some experts, moreover, feel that local governments may be able to document past inequities in a way that would satisfy the court. Says Parren Mitchell, chairman of the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense Fund: "The evidence of discrimination necessary to justify affirmative action on behalf of minority businesses exists...
...threat to innocent bystanders. All involved the use of semiautomatic weapons. These fast-firing, powerful guns, capable of sending a bullet through a concrete wall, were once rare outside the military. But when the U.S. normalized relations with China, imports of Chinese weapons as well as other goods became legal. Purchases of the AK-47 copy soared from a mere 4,000 a year as recently as 1985-86 to more than 40,000 last year. There has also been a leap in sales of the MAC-10, a relatively cheap U.S.-manufactured semiautomatic; the AR-15, a semiautomatic copy...