Word: reno
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...have been a sign of the Clinton Administration's reaction to the week's conservative election results, but the Justice Department reversed its position in a child-pornography case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney General Janet Reno said the department now believes that a federal obscenity law can be applied to photos of clothed children if the images are lascivious...
Outside of California, were the problem of illegal immigration is less urgent, significant opposition to Prop 187 has developed. Attorney General Janet Reno stated on Oct. 27 that she believes Prop 187 is illegal, and that she personally opposes the initiative. So much for the belief that the attorney general was supposed to be apolitical...
Regardless, for our amusement. Duran did leave his gray Chevy truck out on Pennsylvania Avenue, decorated with witty bumper stickers, advising the President to "Fire Butch Reno." And: "Those who beat their guns into plows will plow for those who don't." Whatever that means...
...chief law enforcement agency, the Department of Justice, is heated by Janet Reno--the first women attorney general. Her deputy and seven of the 11 assistant attorneys general are women. This impacts the view of women's safety by our government. With the passage (because of the firm stand of our president) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act this year, the Violence Against Women Act became law. This invests heavily in the personal security of women by providing more police, prosecutors and services in case involving sexual violence or domestic abuse...
...provisions that some Republicans denounced as "pork." Yet while crime control can be one of the most contentious issues in American life, there is something resembling an emerging ideological consensus on one thing: some kids are beyond help. You can hear it even when talking with Attorney General Janet Reno, who believes crime has its roots among neglected children. She still stresses the need for "a continuum" of government attention that begins with prenatal care and includes the school system, housing authorities, health services and job-training programs. But she also recognizes that the continuum will sometimes...