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...interested in the steady retreat of the court from public policy than in a right-wing revolution. Unless the Roberts court umpires another disputed presidential election (à la Bush v. Gore in 2000--a long shot, to say the least), the left-right division will matter mainly in the realm of theories and rhetoric, dear to the hearts of law professors and political activists but remote from day-to-day existence. What once was salient is now mostly symbolic...
...court has been deciding cases in this realm since before Roberts was born. As you might expect, given all that history, the unresolved issues were rather narrow. Author Richard Kluger once wrote of Brown, "Probably no case ever to come before the nation's highest tribunal affected more directly the minds, hearts and daily lives of so many Americans." All these years later, the Seattle and Kentucky cases affected "a few handfuls" of students in Seattle, according to lower court findings, and fewer than 1 out of 20 school assignments in Jefferson County...
...Beard and other women are lambasted for such acts. Contrary to male athletes who are lauded for their marketability (see: Beckham, David), when female athletes venture outside the immediate realm of athletic competition, they are criticized for diverting attention from the substance of their respective sports. Female athletes are simultaneously acclaimed and derided for their good looks, as was the case with Kournikova. Her appealing physique was largely responsible for making her so popular, but it led to a backlash from people who hated that she was famous for it. Instead of anyone suggesting that the people who drooled over...
...Skyrocketing prices for Chinese artifacts are "linked with China's economic and political importance in the international realm," says Kevin Ching, CEO of Sotheby's Asia, pointing out that Chinese collectors now "have the wealth to start buying things they identify with their own culture." But while Sotheby's positions itself as a friend of China in facilitating such deals ("We are proud to act as an international platform for the repatriation of these treasures," is Ching's way of putting it), many argue that the sales are not right, even if they are legal. "This issue is a moral...
...what degree did your faith affect your public policy? -Jeffrey Barnes, Massillon, Ohio Well, I've never found any real conflict between my religious faith and my political posture. But I do think the realm of religion and the realm of politics should be completely separated. A President ought not take any action that would promote a certain religion over others, and that unfortunately has been violated in recent years...