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Even court-appointed lawyers with good intentions are hampered by stingy allowances. Many work in states where there is a cap on both fees and legal expenses. Arkansas imposes a $100 limit on expenses and a $1,000 maximum on lawyer's fees. California, by contrast, routinely approves two lawyers for capital cases, pays them each an average of $75 an hour, and covers expert services, such as private investigators, which typically add $5,000 a month more to the defense tab. The state bill in an uncomplicated case comes to about $25,000, whereas in Arkansas, says Stevenson...
...weather had cooperated though, it is doubtful that this year's Spring Fling would have been a blast for many Harvard students. People just wouldn't have shown up. Take as evidence the low turnout at the only indoor event of the weekend--the Toga Party had a maximum of 60-80 people at any one time...
Still, Donziger said that the group has been promised "a maximum of freedom and independence by the Iraqi government...
Under the resolution, the president may direct troops into hostilities, but he must bring them home in 60 days if Congress has not voted to authorize the deployment or extended the deadline to a maximum of 90 days. Despite dozens of troop deployments by presidents in the past 18 years--ranging in scale from Carter's attempt to free the hostages in Iran and Reagan's assault on Grenada to Bush's intervention in Panama and Saudi Arabia--Congress has never invoked the War Powers Resolution...
...principal holdout against a hands-off policy was George Bush. The President was so eager to see Saddam overthrown that he insisted on warnings to the Iraqi leader not to use maximum force against the insurgents. The threats, however, scared Saddam less than they did congressional leaders of both parties, who rushed to the White House to urge Bush to do nothing that would interfere with the speedy return of American soldiers. Finally, when it came time last week to put up or shut up on his warnings to Saddam, Bush decided to shut up. His spokesman Marlin Fitzwater made...