Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Homosexual "marriage" is approved of by America's elites, and there is a tremendous push to give it legal status...
...defendants, then, were convicted mostly on the basis of two posters which called for nothing more than information leading to the revocation of the abortionists' medical licenses through the legal process. Undoubtedly the posters are offensive to a large number of people, yet if offensiveness were a reason for prosecution, then freedom of speech would soon be no more than a nostalgic memory...
...acknowledge that because the Ad Board is not a court of law, it is not equipped to deal with the sensitive nature and legal intricacies of sexual assault cases? The Ad Board will not review cases of armed robbery or murder. They send these cases to the court system. What makes rape a special brand of violent crime? Or, perhaps more accurately, why hasn't Harvard formally acknowledged sexual assault of all kinds, including "date rape," as violent crime? If anything, it seems that sexual assault is something Harvard would want to send to the courts rather than assume liability...
Once the initial euphoria subsides, however, a draining, expensive Senate race that would start long before the Clintons have vacated the White House may look unappealing. The First Couple's colossal legal debts are one hindrance. Hillary has always been the breadwinner, but if she were elected, Senate ethics rules would drastically diminish her earning power. "It weighs heavily on her mind," says a close adviser. (To which Rangel responds, "What about Bill? Let him get a job.") The demands of campaigning would make it impossible for her to cash in right away by writing a memoir. And with...
Then there's the shared group trauma: in 1995, after two smash records, TLC filed for bankruptcy. Some observers in the music industry viewed the move as a sly legal strategy for the group to negotiate a better contract with its record label, LaFace. But Watkins says the trio was genuinely broke. "We were broke like our lights were off," she says. "Broke like our phone was disconnected. Broke. It came as a shock to y'all. Not to us. We was the ones living it. So I knew the money I wasn't getting...