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...political agenda, he charged, were staggering. High on his list of "endangered precedents" are cases involving the right to abortion, affirmative action, limitations on the death penalty, and separation of church and state. The new approach, he added, "will squander the authority and legitimacy of this court as a protector of the powerless...
...beautiful aunt, Tania. But solidity melts away as the war and the Jew hunting begin. Maciek's father is evacuated by Russian troops. Tania becomes the mistress of a German officer. She and Maciek resettle as Roman Catholics in a nearby town, then flee to Warsaw when their protector kills himself to avoid being arrested for fraternizing with Jews...
...MIGHT THINK that with all its Constitutional scholars, the Harvard Law School would be a vigorous protector of civil liberties and due process. But events in the last few weeks have led us to question that assumption...
...against Iraq, or approved the use of force against Baghdad. Continued U.S.-Soviet cooperation is a cornerstone on which Bush hopes to build a new world order; conversely, nothing could destroy the alliance's hopes so totally as any Kremlin reversion to its old role as Iraq's ally, protector and principal arms supplier. Consequently, Washington has spared little effort to keep the Soviets aligned with, if not exactly members of, the anti-Iraq coalition...
United States national security -- not moral obligation -- must be the sole criteria for determining when to intervene militarily. We cannot and should not assume the role of world protector of peace and democracy...