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...parliament, socialist legislators voted against an anti-racism law that they themselves had proposed earlier. The final version of the law was very different from the original draft. The religious parties forced through a more lenient version because the old text conflicted with parts of the Jewish Law that prohibit marriages between Jews and non-Jews...
...Washington, as in nature, every action tends to elicit an opposite reaction; but unlike nature, political reactions may not be equal. Already there are reports that legislation is being readied to rein in the NSC advisor and his staff. One idea is to prohibit their carrying out covert operations; another would be to require that the NSC advisor and possibly his top aides be made subject to Senate confirmation and make themselves available for congressional hearings, requirements from which they have been exempt as members of the White House staff...
...vicinity or to breathe clean air? The proposal would disallow smoking only when other people are involuntarily affected--in workplaces employers and employees could still agree to set aside areas for smoking. In places where passersby have no choice but to breathe the air, it is hardly unreasonable to prohibit an activity that presents such a known hazard to the public health...
Ironically, Meese, who is now Attorney General, or one of his subordinates must soon decide whether to pursue a criminal investigation of Nofziger. Federal laws prohibit onetime senior employees of the Government from lobbying their former agencies for at least a year after leaving office. Nofziger told the Times he was recovering from a mild stroke in 1982 and did not actually recall his letter to Jenkins. Meanwhile, investigations of Wedtech's ties to influential politicians are under way in New York City and Baltimore; a federal grand jury in New York has called Nofziger to testify. Like Michael Deaver...
...Andrew Mendelsohn's November 5 article, "Sincere Censorship," attacks the longstanding First Amendment doctrine that government may prohibit or burden the free exercise of a person's sincere religious beliefs only when necessary to achieve a compelling governmental interest. Discussing the recent Tennessee court ruling against a school district that suspended students who refused to read certain textbooks on religious grounds, Mendelsohn condemns the court for examining the sincerity, not the merits, of the religious beliefs involved. He contends that courts hearing free exercise claims should evaluate the "coherence" of religious beliefs, determine whether they are compatible with the outside...