Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Clark, also a reputed scholar, has gained notoriety as an outspoken critic of the Law School's left wing. When the faculty split over several tenure decisions, Clark was a vocal partisan, saying once that the school's radical movement should be "combatted in legal education...
...George Steinbrenner and Dave Winfield will settle their legal disputes on People's Court...
SIXTEEN years after the Roe v. Wade decision, the days of legal abortion in the U.S. are nearly over. The 1973 Supreme Court decision guaranteeing the women the right to an abortion is likely to be substantially undermined--though not reversed--by the Rehnquist court...
...give discretion to the states, some of which will prohibit abortion. Idaho already has a law on the books requiring the governor to ban abortions if the Supreme Court overturns Roe. Most states will place some restrictions on abortions without prohibiting them entirely, while a few will maintain the legal status...
...more likely result of overturning Roe would be far less palatable to the GOP. An end to legal abortion could spell the end of Republican hegemony in presidential elections...