Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Church of the New Jerusalem, which uses the chapel, still has the legal right to make an offer on the property, but it will forfeit this right if it does not respond within 40 days...
...just on a particular one: On this day, regarding this criminal, he'd make an exception because the Pope was so persuasive. How does that work out? It's Carnahan's prerogative to change his mind, I suppose, but shouldn't he base that change of mind on new legal evidence brought up on appeal or a basic reversal of philosophy regarding capital punishment, not on the admittedly convincing words of the leader of the Catholic Church? Of course, there is always the question of whether the many Catholic voters in Missouri will remember this one-time acquiescence...
...numbers on abortion are most troublesome on an immediate level, for as popular opinion begins to turn away from the principle of allowing women free and legal access to abortion without restriction, the easier it will be for conservatives in Congress to push legislation putting ever-tighter regulations on the procedure...
...sentiment was admirable. But the Pope also opposes abortion and is at best weak in his support of the rights of women and gays. Gov. Carnahan made the wrong decision as a politician when he allowed himself to be influenced by a religious leader instead of by legal argument or genuine moral reversal. As a country, we'll be making the wrong decision if we allow the trend shown in the Princeton poll to continue. Church and state are separated with good reason--and women should know that better than anyone...
...past few weeks the Microsoft trial had been in danger of slipping out of the public eye. Its endless procession of less-than-riveting economics professors and forgetful executives, mixed with scads of legal and technical split hairs, just hasn?t made for gripping headlines. But on Tuesday the government?s point man, David Boies, suggested in court that a videotape offered as evidence by Microsoft had been altered, and as soon as Bill Gates?s team had wriggled out from under that one, yet more doubts about the tape cropped up. Did Microsoft really try to slip faked evidence...