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The thugs who founded the crack trade recognized early on that young teens do not run the risk of mandatory jail sentences that courts hand out to older dealers. Because juveniles are rarely imprisoned for any great length of time, they provide a uniquely recyclable labor pool. "We have created...
The real arguments have more to do with symbolism than logic. Adoption of the plant-closing provision would give organized labor one of its few legislative victories of recent years, and the AFL-CIO is going all out to win. It has threatened to withdraw its support of the whole...
Ronald Reagan last week vowed that if a bill containing the plant-closing provision "is unloaded on my desk, I will stamp it REJECT and ship it back to where it was made." The House nonetheless fought off an attempt to strip the provision from the bill and then passed...
On the other side, Gary Holmes, spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, asserts that the plant-closing provision "will make our industries less competitive internationally . . . It injects rigidities into the system ((and)) makes it less flexible." But that does not explain why Japan, which has a notice...
But an imperfect one, say some Indians. State courts can retain decision- making power in custody cases by invoking a "good cause" provision -- for instance, if there is reason to believe the child might be neglected or abused on the reservation. That provision is interpreted too freely, says Attorney Jacqueline...