Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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University Vice President and Legal Counsel Anne H. Taylor said she estimates the process will take "not months like six months, but maybe weeks which could add up to a month...
...members of the Class of 1999 lost the first round of their legal battle with the College on Tuesday, when a federal court judge ruled that Harvard had the right to suspend the students and deny them diplomas even though the two had completed all their graduation requirements...
...often heard since the battle over civil rights. Now it could reemerge in the battle over the right to die. In a little-noticed move Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill banning the use of "controlled substances" - prescription drugs - in physician-assisted suicide, which is currently legal only in Oregon. The bill, sponsored by Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), was approved by a 16-8 committee vote, and will face a full House vote in the coming weeks. Sponsors of the measure hope that it will prevent terminally ill patients and their doctors from ending the patient?s life...
...scope," says Donnelly. It's likely that conservative poster boys Hyde and Nickles, long wedded to the idea of a less intrusive Federal government, will come under fire for their refusal to accept Oregon voters? autonomy. And if the bill makes its way through the Senate, there could be legal fireworks. According to TIME senior writer Alain Sanders, "If this bill passes into law, and there are enough people in Oregon who want to challenge its passage, we?ll see it in the Supreme Court...
...want to stay, unless he or she could be proved dangerous. Massive deinstitutionalization occurred. Since 1969, 93% of psychiatric beds have been emptied across the country, and many of the mentally ill end up in the prison system or fending for themselves. Any other way leads to a legal morass. Zdanowicz says, "You can't force someone into an institution unless a whole bunch of criteria are met." The situation is so dire that if family or friends report that an EDP is becoming violent, most mental-health workers will say, "Call the police...