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...promise to unite Democrats and Republicans. Anti-abortion activists hope that he will go even further by putting new restrictions on RU-486, the abortion pill authorized last year by the Food and Drug Administration. Their ultimate goal is for Bush to appoint new Supreme Court Justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade...
...hack away at Clinton initiatives on everything from restricting diesel-truck emissions to costly ergonomic workplace rules. Miners have asked Bush to halt Clinton's aggressive use of an 1872 mining law that the industry says makes it too easy to block development. Business groups want to overturn a rule that bars companies from federal contracts if they have been accused of violating a federal law. Microsoft hopes that Bush's body language from the campaign means his Justice Department will drop, or at least tone down, the government's case against the software giant. Tobacco companies are counting...
...Ashcroft allies counter that Ashcroft could not ignore a case in which White was the lone vote to overturn a death penalty--the notorious case of Missouri cop killer James Johnson. In 1991 a sheriff's deputy arrived at Johnson's house after Johnson threatened his wife and daughter with a gun. Johnson shot the deputy in the back, then in the head. He then drove to the home of the local sheriff and shot the sheriff's wife five times during a holiday party; she died in front of her family. He wounded another deputy and killed two more...
Conservatives are hoping she will throw open the windows at Labor, with her articulate style and political skills. "I don't think we'll see her try to overturn the Executive Order that created affirmative action. That battle's been fought and lost in the '80s," says Bolick, who calls Chavez a "creative conservative" and "kindred spirit." "The law says preferences should be given to the socially and economically disadvantaged. I see her reinterpreting that statute through regulation, trying to go away from race toward class...
...Legislators representing western states have already begun rumbling about congressional action to overturn Clinton's action - although a reversal would require complex and time-consuming machinations and would undoubtedly run into violent and public opposition from environmental organizations. Press reps for President-elect Bush, who expressed opposition to a similar proposal during this year's campaign, would only say that he will carefully evaluate each of his predecessor's presidential orders. Spokesman Ari Fleischer took this veiled swipe at Clinton on Friday: "We will not comment on some of these last-minute executive orders that he is pursuing...