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That prediction assumes the wholesale flight of American companies if they must pay full corporate taxes. False alarm, the statehooders reply; the U.S. is expanding trade with Latin America, and Puerto Rico is a natural gateway. While affluent Puerto Ricans would have to pay federal income tax for the first...
PHYSICS Russell Hulse, 42, and Joseph Taylor, 52, both of Princeton, provided the first support for a crucial prediction made by Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity. The breakthrough came in the early 1970s as they searched the sky for pulsars, the superdense cinders left over when stars...
ABORTION (NOW v. Scheidler) The Question: May abortion clinics use federal racketeering laws to stop harassment and blockades by pro-life activists? Prediction: The court, and Ginsburg, will say yes.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT (Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.) The Question: Must a complainant prove that vulgar and sexually suggestive conduct by a boss is "psychologically damaging" or merely "offensive to a reasonable person" ? Prediction: The court, and Ginsburg, will opt for the latter, more liberal, standard. Watch: Clarence Thomas' vote.
GENDER DISCRIMINATION (J.E.B. v. T.B.) The Question: Should state attorneys be permitted to use peremptory challenges to eliminate either all the men or all the women from a jury? Prediction: The court, and Ginsburg, will say no.