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...Democrats during his first go-round," says McGinnis. "This is their way of insisting on equitable treatment for their nominees, now and in the future." Rekindling the Pickering nomination also allows the Republicans to "bring the race issue back into a comfortable space for them," says Gregory Magarian, an associate constitutional law professor at Villanova University School of Law. "After the Trent Lott disaster, they want to get control of the race issue before it's defined for them by outside forces," i.e. the Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pickering Pickle | 1/9/2003 | See Source »

...given this second chance, can Pickering win? That's a question of simple but unpredictable mathematics, says Magarian. "With the Republicans in control of the judiciary committee, it comes down to whether there are GOP members who can be swayed to the Democrats' viewpoint." And while Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter has been known to stray from the GOP line on issues of civil rights and abortion, given the increasingly polarized atmosphere in the Senate, and the highly charged nature of this nomination, such a visible defection seems unlikely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pickering Pickle | 1/9/2003 | See Source »

...surprised by his opponents, whose ranks include not only members of the ACLU, but some dedicated Christian conservatives. That?s despite the fact that the obvious target of any surveillance activity will be Islamic groups and mosques - not Baptist churches or reform synagogues. "Freedom of religion," says Gregory Magarian, assistant professor of law at Villanova University, "is a very popular, very unifying political cause. It breeds otherwise unlikely alliances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Potential Surveillance Chill Churches? | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...There?s a chance, of course, says Magarian, that the government will use this new power judiciously, no one?s rights will be threatened and opposition will be virtually non-existent. After all, religion, Magarian says, echoing Ashcroft?s own statements, cannot be a special kind of shield against legitimate criminal investigations. "If you run a religious organization and the government has true probable cause to believe your group is helping terrorists, you shouldn?t be able to hold up religion to keep the government inquiry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Potential Surveillance Chill Churches? | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...problem comes in, continues Magarian, when religion itself becomes the reason for an investigation. "Religion can?t form the basis for launching an inquiry in the first place," he says. "That kind of singling out flies in the face of our laws. If there are any concrete disadvantaging treatments or consequences - including chilling of expression or practices of worship -" there will probably be legal challenges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Potential Surveillance Chill Churches? | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

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