Word: opinions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...American people are coming to the same conclusion about Jimmy Carter. Richard Scammon, an expert in the analysis of public opinion, finds the Harris and Gallup polls that show Carter now running behind Republicans Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford "the worst thing that has happened in his presidency." Ratings of "approval" often rise and fall. But when specific choices are being made this early in the political season, Scammon believes that the problem of an incumbent reaches beyond politics to the popular perception...
...marvelous experience to be a freelancer." Kissinger insisted that he had come to the Middle East only "to get an honorary degree and see some old friends," adding with as much of a straight face as he could muster, "if some of my old friends ask me for my opinion, I will share it with them. I've always been interested in foreign policy...
...Supreme Court's majority opinion, written by Justice William Brennan, conceded that the lower courts' rulings had followed the letter of the 1964 law, but insisted that they were not within its spirit. The primary concern of Congress was with "the plight of the Negro in our economy," Brennan wrote. It would be "ironic indeed," he said, if Title VII was used to prohibit "all voluntary, private, race-conscious efforts to abolish traditional patterns" of discrimination...
Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justice William Rehnquist dissented forcefully. (For varying reasons, Lewis Powell and John Paul Stevens did not participate in the decision.) In a biting opinion, Rehnquist argued that the legislative history of Title VII shows that "Congress meant precisely what it said." Congressional proponents of the act argued "tirelessly" during 83 days of debate that Title VII would be used neither to require nor permit quotas. Burger said that he would side with the majority if he were a Congressman, but that as a judge he had no business joining in "totally rewriting a crucial part...
...page opinion, Chief Judge Irving R. Kaufman of the appeals court said that the fact that Kodak dominated its field was no reason to penalize it for having taken the lead with the 110 system. "The mere possession of monopoly power does not ipso facto condemn a market participant," Kaufman wrote. Moreover, he added, "the first firm, even a monopolist, to design a new camera format has a right to the lead time that follows from its success...