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...considered among the court's most liberal, agreed a recent decision that allows states to outlaw certain sexual acts would not lead to a curtailing of individual rights...
...result of such attacks, numerous U.S. cities have tried to outlaw the breed. Most laws banning the pit bull get thrown out in court. Judges usually find that because the term pit bull means any one of three breeds, as well as crosses with these breeds, it is difficult to define legally. A more successful technique for protecting the public may be to pass ordinances making owners of any dog responsible for harm inflicted by their pets...
...committee approved a bill that would ban all new investments in South Africa by U.S. companies and prevent any U.S. banks from making new loans to any private companies operating there. It would also stop airline service between the U.S. and South Africa and outlaw imports of coal and uranium from that nation...
These questions were at the heart of the debate last week surrounding the release of the final report of Attorney General Edwin Meese's Commission on Pornography and a series of restrictive Supreme Court decisions that, among other things, allowed states to outlaw homosexual sodomy. Though significant, neither the report's findings nor the court's rulings were, on their own, momentous. Taken together, however, they seemed emblematic of a new moral militancy evident in communities around the country and of a willingness of government officials, from federal to local levels, to help enforce traditional values. In addition...
...women agree, at least in part, that sexual practices are "up to the individual to decide for himself or herself." Nonetheless, those questioned were willing to regulate some specific sex acts. The percentage of those who would allow federal or state authorities to limit or outlaw...