Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Supreme Court last week heard the evidence of case number 87-5259, Teague v. Lane. The question to be decided is whether prosecutors may disqualify certain potential jurors based on their race. It is not one of the cases which made headlines on the first Monday in October, but it is a truly important...
Unfortunately, the majority of the Court concluded that there was insufficient evidence to show when or how often the prosecution had excluded qualified jurors on the basis of race, besides the case at hand. A dissenting opinion was written by Justice Arthur Goldberg, joined by Chief Justice Warren and Justice Douglas, pointing out that this reasoning unfairly put the entire burden of proof on the defendant...
...other surveys found Bush leads of aboutthat size. One, of 1002 registered voters polledSaturday through Monday, put the race at 49-39;another, of 1201 likely voters Friday throughMonday...
Farmer added that the Democrats have assuaged uneasiness about campaign money by refusing to accept PAC money in the race for the White House and voluntarily disclosing campaign finances this past August, an act which Farmer said the Republicans imitated...
Characterizing political fundraising competition as having an "arms race mentality," Jackson said PAC money was a major cause of abuse. "We don't know where this money is coming from or where it is going," he said, adding that the system was slipping back to the time when there were "no limits whatsoever...