Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are valid legal concerns over mapping out the Court's jurisdiction and defining the power of its prosecutor and important moral questions about whether or not a universal standard of justice is applicable, or even desirable. These objections, however, should be discussed and debated in Rome; they should not be used to kill the endeavor from Capitol Hill. Some of the most heinous human beings of our time are laughing at the world right now, confident that they will never be punished for their crimes, and it seems as though they may be right...
That advice served him well during negotiations that concluded last week with the Senate Commerce Committee's voting 19-1 for a sweeping $506 billion tobacco bill. Although tobacco companies are already threatening legal action and anti-tobacco lawmakers are promising to fight for a tougher bill, some version of the McCain Act will probably pass the full Senate by Memorial Day. If the House follows suit, by year's end the President will be signing the most significant public health legislation in a decade...
...rights groups instead pointed to witch-hunts by overly zealous officers. Defense Secretary William Cohen apparently thinks they have a point, and he is expected to approve new guidelines shortly to ensure that the policy is implemented fairly. Commanders will have to get permission to investigate from military legal authorities. Also, inducements for implicating others in gay relationships will not be so easily offered, and soldiers who harass their fellows by calling them gay will be punished...
...strict division in Oppenheim's article between "political" questions such as same-sex marriage and "cultural" questions is highly suspect. Despite Harvard's legal implementation of sexual equality, sexual discrimination still presents itself in purely "cultural" interactions. A professor's chance comment that the female mind is unsuited to the study of a certain subject, for example, leads to dysfunctional advising relationships...
...Wright's current projects is gettingstudents free legal advice...