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Under his leadership, the court has struck down 28 laws in six years--a considerable number, notes Georgetown law professor Neal Katyal, when you consider that in the nation's first 200 years the court struck down only 127. Among these overturned laws was one making it illegal to have a gun within 1,000 ft. of a school zone and others allowing states to be sued for discrimination on the basis of age, disability and other criteria. To Rehnquist's critics, the large number of overturned laws made it appear that he was practicing the same judicial activism...
...This is a huge victory for BAMN, and a huge victory for civil rights,” said Neal Lyons, 22, a Michigan senior and member of BAMN who helped organize the group’s April 1 march on Washington. “It proved us right when everybody else was saying that affirmative action was a sinking ship...
...Shaquille O'Neal dubbed "The Big Fundamental" is a throwback to another, less flashy era. Despite the lure of riches, Duncan fulfilled his dying mother's wish by staying all four years at Wake Forest University to earn his degree in psychology. He turns down most endorsement deals and almost all media requests. With his soft shooting touch, long arms and great passing, the 7-footer dominates the low post like no one else, swatting away shots on defense and nailing baby hooks and his signature bank shots with an almost effortless ease...
Popularized by rap artists (Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Nelly) and NBA stars (Latrell Sprewell, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant), custom wheels come in thousands of eye-catching shapes that resemble everything from the blade of a buzz saw to the barrel of a revolver. Specific models, sold under brand names like Bling Image and AutoCouture, can race in and out of fashion in as little as six months. "People want big chrome one week, silver the next," Don Sabino says of the 10,000 customers at his Rent-A-Wheel chain in the southwestern U.S. But in the oversexed world...
...deal has yet to change the AFL's position in the sports hierarchy. As Baker followed the broadcasts of two arena games recently in an NBC conference room in New York City, he couldn't help an occasional peek at rival ABC on another screen, where Shaquille O'Neal and the Los Angeles Lakers were battling the San Antonio Spurs. That NBA playoff game drew a 7.0 rating (one rating point equals a million households), while the AFL got only...