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...first is that contrary to what Sen. Orrin Hatch (R. -Utah) and his conservative colleagues will insist, the Hinckley verdict is not an expansion of the rights of the accused. It is novel only because the insanity defense has never worked in such a widely publicized case. The verdict, however, only reaffirms the prior knowledge free will foundation of American law. John Hinckley's inevitable consignment to a mental home does not eliminate the distinction between legal treatment of the "loons" and the "goons." Only several weeks ago, convicted assassin Sirhan B. Sirham, the murderer of Robert F. Kennedy...
...things kept looking worse for Donovan, all 46 Democratic Senators issued a demand that he "step aside" and leave his office at least until the investigation ends. Even Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, chairman of the labor committee, said that Donovan should consider resigning. As Hatch told reporters: "There comes a time when you say, 'Can the Secretary...
However, the FBI was responsible for steering members of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee away from the Masselli recordings during the confirmation hearings. "The judgment was made that we should not volunteer information," said Webster. At one point during the hearings, Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch of Utah asked about a Manhattan grand jury that was investigating Masselli. Francis Mullen, who was then executive assistant director of the FBI, indicated that the probe involved a different case...
With that death threat, the federal investigation into possible ties between Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan and various Mafia-related labor racketeers took on a more sinister tone. Silbey said it was the second such warning he has received in the past month Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah, chairman of the Senate committee, said that he had also received "some minor threats in this matter,'' but did not consider them "significant." However, the warnings to Silbey, Hatch said, "were serious," although there was no way to determine who had made the telephone calls. Declared Hatch: "They...
...sweeping U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in most cases. The bishops soon abandoned above-the-fray moral preachments and plunged into down-in-the-trenches political action. They have now thrown their full weight behind a specific proposal that is due for a vote soon, Senator Orrin Hatch's constitutional amendment to give Congress and the states power to pass restrictive abortion laws...