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...three other distinguished legal academicians disagreed with Fried's attack on judges' power to overturn laws they deem unconstitutional...
...been in and out of court since 1963 because of alleged discriminatory practices. Twice the union has been held in contempt for not obeying lower-court orders aimed at enhancing minority representation. In the latest phase of the case, the union, aided by the Justice Department, was trying to overturn a lower-court order that it work toward the goal of including 29% nonwhites among its membership -- a figure based on the percentage of nonwhites in the local labor pool. A narrow majority of five Justices upheld the lower court's order. Another Justice, Byron White, agreed that while...
...Civil Rights Act and the Constitution. Cleveland, which had unsuccessfully litigated similar issues for eight years, agreed to a courtapproved settlement under which the city was required to give half of all promotions to minority fire fighters. The white-dominated union asked the Supreme Court to overturn the consent decree. By a 6-to-3 vote, the Justices ruled that lower-court judges do have broad discretion to approve such consent decrees remedying past discrimination...
...uphold some state laws that make it more difficult for women to obtain abortions. The same uncertainty surrounds Justice O'Connor, who also dissented in Thornburgh but did not call for the outright reversal of Roe. Scalia, a strong Catholic, is believed to be a surer vote to overturn Roe and thereby return the decision on whether or not to permit abortions to the state legislatures...
...mention new Coke and the hurried reincarnation of old Coke as Coca-Cola Classic. He shook up the company's mostly franchised bottling operations, causing about 100 of the outlets, supplying roughly 70% of the U.S. market, to change hands. Goizueta's most radical step has been to overturn the cash-heavy financial management championed by longtime Coca-Cola Chairman Robert Woodruff. During Goizueta's reign, Coca-Cola has borrowed $1.3 billion, mostly to finance his string of entertainment acquisitions...