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...legal answer to whether the U.S. could, in effect, launder military equipment through Israel is no. The Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 both prohibit the transfer of arms and materiel from the recipient to a third country unless the President consents and Congress is notified. In reality, nothing could stop Israel from reaching an informal agreement with Administration officials to supplement aid to El Salvador and the contras. The Israelis also could increase arms shipments without consulting Washington, knowing full well that such a move would be welcomed by the White House...
...allay fears that some children would be forced to say prayers in which they did not believe, or that government officials would become involved in writing prayers. The key passages of the amendment taking shape under Baker's efforts read: "Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual or group, vocal or silent prayer, in public schools or other public institutions. No person shall be required by the United States or by any state to participate in prayer. Neither the United States nor any state shall compose or mandate the words of any prayer to be said...
...without effective limit in libel may violate the First Amendment." The concern is more than theoretical: a libel suit against the Alton Telegraph (circ. 137,000) in Illinois forced ? the 148-year-old newspaper into bankruptcy court in 1981 and nearly resulted in its closing. Some two dozen states prohibit publications from buying insurance against punitive damages. Explains Conference Chairman Richard Winfield, a New York City attorney: "These states take the position that it violates public policy to allow a wrongdoer to escape punishment...
Closer to home. Massachusetts Attorney General Michael Connolly has tentatively proposed a bill which would actually prohibit TV stations from projecting voting results until the poll have closed...
...said. Carter's lament is borne out by the proliferation of rules and regulations in some states that make it downright difficult to get to the voting booth. Despite the provisions of the Voting Rights Act, which was designed to eliminate discriminatory registration rules, many states continue to prohibit postcard and door-to-door registration--a move which disproportionately affects poor and minority voters. Some states still require voters to register and both municipal and county seats; in Mississippi, citizens may have to travel 70 miles to register, and in North Carolina's Graham County, a citizen can only register...