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...Souter does answer the questions, and challenges constitutional principles basic to most Americans today, then the Senate can just as forcefully reject his nomination. It is not so much a question of whether Souter opposes abortion and affirmative action. Instead, it is a question of whether Souter believes the Constitution guarantees a right to privacy, and a question of whether Souter believes the 14th Amendment binds the states to obey the Bill of Rights...
These are gurantees almost all Americans take for granted--guarantees that mark the outside bounds of acceptable constitutional interpretation in this day and age. The Senate nixed Bork because he didn't believe in such guarantees, and the Senate has every right to reject any future nominees who think the same...
...hearing Friday in St. Paul, Minn., Harvard asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to reject Merrill Lynch's bid to bunch the cases in New York City, Harvard attorney Richard Renehan said...
...band and CBS reject the idea of settling out of court, contending that free expression is at stake. Says their attorney, Suellen Fulstone: "The subliminal argument has no basis in fact. It is simply a vehicle to pursue a case otherwise marred by the First Amendment...
However, there have always been voices, like Malcolm X's, that reject this vision. For them mainstream American values are inherently oppressive and racist, to be rejected at root. That leadership has tended to be fringe. It is fringe no longer. Farrakhan's audience and appeal are growing. This year he will for the first time run candidates for Congress. And his alliance with Barry, Stallings and others with Establishment credentials is steadily gaining him space at the political center of the black community...