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Iraq’s recent announcement that it would accept United Nations weapon inspectors on its soil pursuant to U.N. Security Council resolutions and without conditions marks a potential turning point in the recent American drive to oust Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Although many nations have lauded Iraq’s gesture and argued against any further action either by the U.N. or the United States, Hussein must not simply be taken at his word...
...Christopher Pyle, professor of politics and constitutional law at Mount Holyoke College, is not convinced the President is acting within the rights of his office. "Where does the President get the right to do this? He claims the right to do this as President, as commander in chief, pursuant to the resolution passed in Congress after the September 11th attacks and pursuant to several statutes in U.S. code. But there's nothing in either the congressional resolution or federal law that allows the President to override the legislative process...
...Pursuant to a 1995 constitutional amendment, Fentrice D. Driskell '01 and Burton were elected president and vice president of the council, respectively, by the undergraduate student body. Prior to the amendment, the president and vice president were elected internally by the council...
...Jaime FlorCruz. What was missing was the handshake -- that is, the trust. ?The economic differences were mostly bridged," says FlorCruz, ?but not the political problems.? China agreed to lower most of the trade barriers the U.S. has long sought to pierce and agreed to live up to those obligations pursuant to WTO rules. But the United States insisted on a further guarantee: a right to impose unilateral sanctions if China reneges...
During the sentencing, Mullin cited a letter from the attorney general's office stating that Walsh will be required to forfeit his council seat because of his prison sentence, pursuant to state...