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...bankruptcy court, a judge could impose terms on both the bondholders and the autoworkers. In addition, the judge could renegotiate contracts with suppliers and ignore state franchise laws that protect dealers from termination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Car Sales Collapse, GM and Chrysler Grow Desperate | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard bubble may insulate us from local and national politics, outside culture, and perhaps even the economic crisis, but it cannot protect us from the snow...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Makes Snow Sense | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

Even so, escaping liability with its "compassionate presence" argument is a tricky maneuver. "The idea that they don't push a switch or administer a shot doesn't protect them from liability," says Russell Korobkin, a law professor at UCLA. "But I think it will be problematic to prosecute them for providing information, which is entitled to First Amendment protections. It seems that [Final Exit] is being very careful to stay on the right side of the line on this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Final Exit: Compassion or Assisted Suicide? | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...means to fund such objectives. Although these tall orders might ordinarily lead to filibuster for other legislation, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 mandates “fast-track” legislative procedures—limiting debate times and even restricting amendments based on relevancy—to protect against that. This means that Congress will have no choice but to confront the new and controversial policies in Obama’s proposal—many of which have been avoided otherwise...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Budget to End All Budgets | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

...will be ready for trials at the beginning of 2010. Robin Vincent, the tribunal?s registrar, has said that the trials could last five years. In welcoming the launching of the tribunal, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said, ?The Lebanese do not seek vengeance, they only wish to protect their country and prevent the terrorists from persisting in their crime unpunished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon on Edge as Hariri Tribunal Starts | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

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