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...economic interests he wants to protect from executive and Congressional regulation. Espinosa also fears that "uninhibited expression" of the will of the majority backing a President with increased power over Congress might lead to a prohibition of anti-war demonstrations. He should take solace in Johnson's reluctance to outlaw a free-speech-minded Supreme Court...
Johnson's bill would outlaw discrimination on either racial or religious grounds in the "purchase, rental, lease, financing, use and occupancy" of all housing. Violation would not be a criminal offense, but victims of discrimination could seek a court order forcing the owner to rent or sell-and collect up to $500 from him "for humiliation and mental pain...
...completed its study of a "truth-in-packaging" bill that would 1) require "simple, direct, accurate and visible information" on each container about the product's nature and quantity, 2) prohibit use of "deceptively shaped boxes, misleading pictures, confusing or meaningless adjectives, inappropriate size or quantity markings," 3) outlaw promotional devices "that promise nonexistent savings," and 4) institute "reasonable and appropriate weight standards to facilitate comparative shopping." Though pigeonholed since 1963, the bill is given a good chance of passage in an election year...
...Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, a dwindling union that takes in annual dues totaling $612,000, was bringing on troubles it could ill afford. Its outlaw strike against eight U.S. railroads elicited a contempt citation from U.S. District Judge Alexander Holtzoff in Washington, who ordered the brotherhood to meet a return-to-work deadline or be fined $25,000 a day. Only after the four-day walkout ground to a halt last week did the full magnitude of the railway union's troubles come into focus...
...this would provide insurers with a far larger kitty from which to pay immediate benefits because 1) all drivers would contribute premiums, and 2) all damage suits involving less than $10,000 would be eliminated. Moreover, the plan would also outlaw claims based on pain or suffering unless they exceeded $5,000. The authors argue that it is impossible to assign such damages an accurate dollar value; getting rid of the smaller court claims would also cut administrative and legal costs for insurance companies and give them an opportunity to reduce premium prices. Some claimants, to be sure, might inflate...