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Proposition 1-2-3, a binding referendum put on the ballot by a coalition of realtors and homeowners, has drawn strong opposition from CCA members. The measure's chief provision would allow tenants in rent-controlled apartments to buy their units as condominiums after living there for two years. Such...
The thorniest extradition disputes involve international terrorism. The "political-offense exemption," a centuries-old human-rights provision of international law, excludes political agitators and dissidents from extradition. This standard, though, can be twisted, and suspects considered terrorists by one nation may be freedom fighters to another. Complicating matters further are...
Another possible approach would be to disallow abortions beyond an earlier point in pregnancy, based on the assumption that medical advances permit the fetus to survive outside the womb at an earlier point. A provision of the Missouri law at issue in the Webster case requires doctors to perform tests...
Currently, the Council is leaning against endorsing the only provision in the Verba Report which would require a full Faculty vote--the creation of a standing faculty committee on affirmative action, said Faculty Council member Annemette Sorensen.
Activists have charged that Sunday night's decision to call for the reinstitution of ROTC violated a provision in the council's constitution that obligates it to oppose discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.