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...Republican Senate colleagues are considering a greater-and, for a first-term Senator, almost unprecedented -reward. As impressed with Dole's aggressiveness as they are dissatisfied with Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott's frequent failure to back up the Administration, G.O.P. conservatives are quietly maneuvering to oust Scott and give the senior position to Freshman Dole...
...Chancellor Charles Young, who irritated the board in May by recommending that her contract be renewed. Last week the regents had what they obviously hoped would be the last word. After arbitrarily taking the matter out of Young's hands, the regents voted 15 to 6 to oust Davis on the grounds that she failed to exercise "appropriate restraint" in her public speeches...
...grew of more rioting to come, and the public schools were closed. White homeowners rushed to buy guns, and young blacks walked about with long barbers' razors purposely allowed to protrude from their back pockets. Eight ghetto stores were firebombed, apparently by blacks. Angry whites discussed moves to oust Mayor Russell Davis because he had appointed a biracial commission to investigate the killings...
Chancellor Young, who opposed last fall's attempt to oust Miss Davis, clearly subscribes to the principle that a teacher's political beliefs are of concern only to the teacher. "I'm not saying we ought to have Communists teaching in the university," he explains. "What is at issue is whether or not a person can be appointed on the basis of what the university community-supported by the courts-feels to be appropriate criteria." Among those criteria, says Young, are the individual's knowledge, quality of preparation and teaching ability-plus such "attributes of character...
Supposed Immunity. Douglas may have been guilty of unwise conduct, questionable judgment and injudicious partisanship. Is this enough to oust him? It would certainly suffice for the Senate to veto a Supreme Court nominee. But Douglas hurdled that barrier in 1939; different standards apply to a sitting judge. After all, no one seriously considered impeaching Judges Haynsworth or Carswell, despite the criticism that barred them from the Supreme Court. One reason is the need for judicial independence: federal judges are deliberately appointed for life and the Constitution restricts the grounds for impeachment to "treason, bribery, or other high crimes...