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...case. He has come back under the spotlight thanks to his new lawsuit, which demonstrates his devotion to achieving not just a symbolic victory, but the safety and security he has sought since the beginning. Furthermore, his name is likely to achieve immortality, joining William Marbury, Joseph Lochner, and Oliver Brown in the annals of American legal history. (The plaintiff in Roe v. Wade dodged notoriety by using a pseudonym...
...history of the court in the 20th century is replete with instances of high-stakes cases decided by 5-4 margins. Perhaps the most infamous example is the 1905 case Lochner v. New York, in which a five-justice majority struck down a New York State law capping the number of hours that bakers could work. More than three decades later, when the Supreme Court nullified part of the New Deal legislation in the 1936 case of United States v. Butler, it did so on a 5-4 vote as well. Many of Rehnquist Court’s rulings that...
...study of governments, for example, analysis and evaluation of right and wrong lie at the center of discussion. Is the Hobbesian model conducive to efficient government? How fair and democratic were the principles upon which the decision in Lochner v. New York was based? Do surrogate motherhood contracts involve commodification of children? These questions are not meant for half-answers, quasi-truths and suggestions; they demand rigorous, directed, investigation and analysis. After all, governments themselves are predicated on some notion on what is right or what is good (sometimes for a small group, sometimes for the masses.) Studying them therefore...
...aerodynamics. The Americans, who have won no medals since 1956, hope to have a tiny advantage with sleds created for them by a sculptor who used to design autos. But success this time depends mostly on the person in the driver's seat. Among the best: Germany's Rudolf Lochner and Switzerland's Gustav Weder...
...production does have a few polished performances. Susannah Frith as Lucrezia is convincingly distraught over the moral dilemma in which her husband places her. Her conversion after her seduction is believable, but not overdone. Todd Lochner, the crooked friar who joins in the play's dirty deeds, puts on a deliciously wicked grin as he consorts with Ligurio and Callimaco "in the name...