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Texas Senator Phil Gramm shared his views on affirmative action, saying, "When my hand comes off the Bible [after being sworn in as President], I will pick up a pen and by Executive Order overturn all minority quotas and set-asides in the Federal Government...
...claim that a member of the prosecution team lied to the judge in chambers about what Mark Fuhrman said during a prosecution rehearsal of his testimony." While Ito, who does know the identity of the witness, considers whether to allow the testimony, the defense will now try to overturn an appeals court ruling last week that instructed Ito not to tell the jury that Fuhrman was unavailable to testify further. The Perry Mason-like ploy of bringing in the mystery witness is highly unusual in real cases. But if the witness were to testify that a prosecutor had lied...
...judicial rulings he dislikes, James inveighs against "pygmy-headed, pea-brained so-called jurists," harking back to the time when Governor George Wallace recommended "barbed-wire enemas" for federal judges. More substantively, James introduced a long-shot bill that would allow the legislature and the Governor to overturn rulings of the Alabama Supreme Court from which three or more judges dissent. Says Flynt: "He's arguing philosophical points that have not been debated in 200 years...
...Solicitor General under Ronald Reagan, Friedargued to overturn Roe v. Wade, whichguaranteed a woman's right to choose abortion.Fried's actions as Solicitor General have angeredmany women's groups, most notably the GreaterBoston Chapter of the National Organization forWomen, which organized a rally Tuesday to protestFried's nomination...
While McCorvey was arguably never the voice of the revolution she began, the fact that she has defected from her cult status as revolutionary is a terrible blow to many advocates of women's rights. Even if McCorvey's change of mind won't overturn the decision of 1973, the country has lost one important liberal hero to the ranks of the ever-strengthening Right...