Word: prohibition
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...hash of things the Supreme Court does when it tries to define pornography. Suppose you could show that the baby who was created to provide marrow for her sister would forever be treated like a second-class sibling--well cared for, perhaps, but not well loved. Do you prohibit the family from cloning the first daughter, accepting the fact that you may be condemning her to die? Richard McCormick, a Jesuit priest and professor of Christian ethics at the University of Notre Dame, answers such questions simply and honestly when he says, "I can't think of a morally acceptable...
...understood to be lawful," he said. The phone calls, he explained, were charged to the Democratic National Committee, not to taxpayers. While stressing that he had never solicited federal employees for donations, Gore said that his status as Vice President means he is exempt from federal laws that prohibit fund-raising in public buildings. Brushing off a report in The Washington Post on Sunday that he had strong-armed contributors, the Vice President said that he had actually felt "uncomfortable" pressing DNC supporters for donations. But he added that faced with superior Republican campaign financing, he had played...
...Council also considered amending its own constitution to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity...
That could well be a violation of irs rules that prohibit tax-exempt organizations from transferring assets to private individuals. It also calls into question Gingrich's claim that he's no Jim Wright--the Democratic Speaker whose ouster he spearheaded--because he never sought to line his own pockets. After taxes, his royalties would have stuffed his pockets with something like $300,000--the amount of his fine. Maybe he should hand it over. If nothing else, it would prove that even when you can't count on the rule of law in Washington, there's always poetic justice...
...fact, a new FDA rule scheduled to go into effect in August will prohibit tobacco companies from selling or giving away products with their brand names or logos on them. Philip Morris is challenging the rule in court. A hearing has been set for February, but appeals could drag on for more than a year...