Word: reaganism
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Though all three co-authors of the majority decision were appointed either by Ronald Reagan (Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor) or by George Bush (David Souter), their decision proved that presidential efforts to give the high court a particular ideological tilt can be a very inexact science. In the past 12 years, Reagan and Bush sent five Justices to the Supreme Court, enough for a majority, and all were expected to vote against...
...Bush nominally seeks. That would have outraged pro- choice voters, many of whom supported Bush in 1988 despite his desire to outlaw abortion in most cases. The ardent pro-life faction, an important part of Bush's core constituency, is also disgruntled. It complains that a court controlled by Reagan-Bush appointees has not done away with Roe. Caught between the two groups, Bush had to speak softly. Yes, he approved that part of the court's ruling that allows states to impose new restrictions on abortion. No, he would not base his next court selection on the nominee...
...legal assault on abortion rights in the Reagan-Bush years has changed that equation. Since 1989, Time/CNN polls have indicated that one-third of Americans would vote against antiabortion politicians "regardless of the candidate's position on other issues." But less than a quarter of the - electorate would vote against a proabortion-rights candidate solely because of that stance. Some of Bush's advisers dismiss these figures as misleading. His pollster, Fred Steeper, argues that nearly all voters who will cast their ballots only on the abortion issue made up their minds long ago. In this group, the liberals' edge...
Bush, a moderate on abortion before he embraced the Reagan philosophy 12 years ago, cannot switch back. Another reversal would shatter his support among right-wing voters crucial to his re-election. But he needs centrists like Carol Daniels, 56, a former schoolteacher from Captiva, Fla., who says she was "born a Republican and have been a Republican all my life." Daniels hates being a single-issue voter, but she hates Bush's abortion stand even more. "I'll not vote for him," she says firmly...
Among the best-known Harvard names is Baker Professor of Economic Martin S. Feldstein '61, who was a close runner-up in the search for a Harvard president. During Ronald Reagan's first term. Feldstein chaired the Council of Economic Advisers. Now, he indoctrinates undergraduates with his conservative spin on the dismal science in "Ec 10," the introductory economics class that is usually the largest course at Harvard...