Word: repeal
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Three generations have passed since the temperance crusaders who marched to such verses were at the peak of their power, and 45 years have gone by since repeal of the 18th Amendment. Yet vestiges of Prohibition are still visible in many state and local liquor laws, and they stir heated passions...
Likewise with the holy writ on court reform. Contrary to public perception, most criminals end up getting caught; the courts, perhaps inexplicably, do a decent job of freeing the innocent and convicting and punishing the guilty. Such reforms as repeal of the exclusionary rule, prohibition of plea bargaining, mandatory prison terms, or standardized sentences are either harmful or irrelevant. What is needed is more attention to the appearance of justice--what Willard Hurst called "the substantive importance of procedure." The courts "will have to become models of fairness and due process--living demonstrations that justice is possible." The public...
SILBERMAN'S BOOK is most useful in debunking already proposed panaceas. Put more cops on the street, improve telecommunications, repeal the "exclusionary rule" developed by the Warren Court, stifle corruption, and you will reduce crime--so goes the litany on police reform. Silberman rejects these nostrums, demonstrates their inefficacy, and offers his own. The most crucial reform in policing, he says, is to change its very focus, from law-enforcement to public service. "The closer a police officer's relationship with the people on his beat," Silberman writes, "the greater his chances of reducing crime... improving police-community relationships...
...country then was on an emotional high, ready for new politics, prepared to change, to dare, to follow where the new President might lead. Carter might have called for sacrifices by special interest groups for the benefit of all. He might have championed the repeal of narrow and highly inflationary laws -legislation that, to cite only two of many examples, mandates that the steepest union wages be paid on Government-aided construction jobs and requires that high-cost U.S. ships carry all cargo moving between domestic ports...
...even this may change, since the Pentagon has requested Congress to repeal the ban. The lawmakers are expected to consider the issue next year, and there will undoubtedly be a lively debate. Phyllis Schlafly, leader of the fight against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, has declared that "America is entitled to better protection than women's physical strength can give us." The Pentagon responds that it will take no action that weakens the nation's defenses, and General David C. Jones, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is quick...