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...would help promote core values such as honor, courage and commitment in the military. But Bob Guccione, publisher of Penthouse, saw the matter differently. Saying, "the fact that others might find the magazines offensive is not a rationale for barring them," he filed a lawsuit last year to overturn the act. And today, he was victorious. But while the ruling allows Guccione to peddle his goods to lonely military personnel, the implications go much further since it will make it more difficult for similar anti-porn restrictions to apply to the Internet, cable television and other media...
...mayor is exercising constitutional police power by signing this order, because he is providing for the health and safety of the community," Giuliani said. "It is unconstitutional for the federal government to overturn this...
When the House of Representatives voted last week to overturn President Clinton's veto of the ban on partial-birth abortion, some opponents saw more politics than principle behind the gesture. How better to portray Clinton as an extremist than by reminding voters that he had defended a practice that big majorities find repugnant? What better gift to give Bob Dole, as he searches for the wedge issues that might give him traction with the conservative and Roman Catholic voters who should form the base of his support...
...Alcohol and Beverages Control Commission, (ABCC) denied an initial appeal in August, the second time the ABCC has refused to overturn a Grille license suspension...
What a pity that the Clinton administration won't let Louis Farrakhan accept either a $1 billion gift or the $250,000 that went along with the human-rights award he got from Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi last week. Unless the Nation of Islam leader manages to overturn the decision in court, we'll never know how he would have behaved as the world's first black billionaire flake. Assuming Gaddafi actually intended to hand over the loot, it would have been quite a show...