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...which the center of the court, defined by Kennedy, is now more conservative than it was with O'Connor. The federal ban on partial-birth abortion? Polls consistently show overwhelming support for it. Affirmative action? After the Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative-action plan in 2003, Michigan voters repudiated it in a referendum. "Any court on which Justice Kennedy is the median voter will never do anything to provoke dramatic backlashes," says Michael Klarman of the University of Virginia School of Law, "because Justice Kennedy has his finger on the pulse of Middle America...
That same day, one of the top foreign policy Republicans on the Hill, Senator Richard Lugar, said in a surprising 50-min. speech on the Senate floor that Bush's new "surge" plan in Iraq is failing. "In my judgment, the costs and risks of continuing down the current path outweigh the potential benefits that might be achieved" in changing gears now, Lugar said. Other Republicans, from George Voinovich to John Warner, expressed similar impatience with the progress in Iraq, indicating more defections are not far behind...
...after announcing the most startling government intervention in Aboriginal affairs in decades. A week after an inquiry released its appalling findings on the rampant sexual abuse of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory, home to 12% of Australia's 455,000 indigenous people, Howard on June 21 outlined a plan to tackle what he says is "akin to a national emergency." Just a few days later, Australian soldiers and police were preparing to move into the most crisis-stricken communities...
...have long-standing connections in Spain, based partly on their shared language, and that smugglers have converted their old hashish trade into more lucrative cocaine operations. "They are taking advantage of the old marijuana routes into southern Spain," says Matilde Duque, spokeswoman for Spain's Ministry of Health antidrug plan. "The infrastructure is already in place. They are just changing the cargo." Last year, Spanish police seized 46 tons of cocaine in joint operations with British, Italian and Dutch drug patrols, while Portuguese officials intercepted about 30 tons. By comparison, only about 74 tons of cocaine were seized...
Seven European governments will open a drug intelligence and operations center in Lisbon later this year. These countries - Spain, Ireland, Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy and France - will coordinate with U.S. intelligence officers, and plan to begin surveillance flights over the Atlantic in July. They will also coordinate military and police patrols at sea to try to intercept Latin American drug vessels before they reach Africa or Europe. "Whichever warship is nearest will take the vessel and the drugs to Portugal," says Edwards, of the European Commission's drug unit...