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Against this backdrop, on May 17, 1954 all nine Justices voted to outlaw de jure segregation in the public schools. Fifty-eight years after Plessy, almost to the day, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote: “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal...
...Sept. 10. Naturally, he has sanctimonious reverence for the United Nations, considering it the definitive arbiter of U.S. foreign policy. As we have seen, such an exaggerated view of the United Nations can directly conflict with the ability of the United States to effectively combat the intersection of terrorists, outlaw regimes and weapons proliferation. In many ways, Annan would have been a more appropriate commencement speaker for the pre–Sept. 11 age, a simpler time...
...imports to the U.S. and most commercial activities. Gaddafi has pledged to end his WMD program. MEANWHILE IN BRITAIN ... No, Dahling The English National Opera has banned its employees from using the traditional showbiz greeting "darling" because it might constitute sexual harassment. New guidelines on workplace protocol also outlaw suggestive remarks or lewd conduct. But old-school thespians need not despair: so far, at least,"luvvie" and "sweetie" have escaped censure...
...that the nation’s politicians have hopped onto the banning-obscenity bandwagon (will anyone think of the children!), Congress will outlaw redneck jokes from television and radio because they “mess with...
...their families. At first blush, you wouldn't think the statute has anything to do with the war over gay marriage. But consider this: that law makes it a federal crime to threaten the husband of Elizabeth Cheney, one of the Vice President's daughters. But it does not outlaw threats against the lesbian partner of Mary Cheney, his younger daughter. Legally speaking, Mary's partner is not a member of the Vice President's family but, rather, a total stranger...