Word: owned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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For the moment, Washington was being careful not to respond with a hard-sell counteroffensive of its own. Rather, at the December NATO meeting the allies also plan to introduce an arms-control proposal of their own for limiting medium-range weapons. The judgment of the State Department is to...
Scholars like Yale's Alexander Bickel chastised the Justices for reading their own morality into the Constitution and usurping the power of elected officials.
Each Supreme Court Justice, from the most junior to the most senior, has an equal voice and vote on each decision. The Chief Justice, or ''the Chief,'' as he is called, is primus inter pares-first among equals. At conference, the Chief begins the discussion of...
Still, Burger's own clerks argue that the Chief is a charming and thoughtful man, given to bringing them small favors like homemade jam and freshly baked bread prepared by Burger himself. The Chief has been particularly considerate to Douglas since the old liberal retired from the court in...
Burger's judicial philosophy is not easily discerned. He does not have a broad vision of the court as an instrument for social reform. Nor is he particularly concerned with "judicial restraint" or the limits of the court's power. Rather, observes Georgetown University Law Professor Dennis J...