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...City Solicitor Russell B. Higley, who would rule on the status of the proposal said he thought the proposal was blocked unless the council changed its mind, although he said he would research the question further...
Last week the court appeared to soften its traditional stance by upholding a Minnesota statute that allows parents to take tax deductions for education costs at a church-affiliated private school. The action gave new heart to the Reagan Administration. Said U.S. Solicitor General Rex Lee: "It's an important new beachhead." The Minnesota statute authorizes deductions of $500 to $700 spent by parents on "tuition, textbooks and transportation" for any child in grade or high school. By a 5-to-4 vote, the court found Minnesota's plan crucially different from other tax programs that had been...
After his stints as assistant Solicitor General ("the best legal job in the Federal government") and as Director of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission ("a highly charged atmosphere"). Reich says he needed a spell in the libraries and behind the lectern. "In government, I had to be there from the early morning in meetings or on the telephone until late at night and I was dealing with mostly quite short range problems. Ideally, people in government especially the position I was in do need time to be reflective, to gain perspective, and to explore other facets." Reich also...
After clerking for a federal Court of Appeals Justice and spending two years in the Solicitor General's office, Reich moved on to the FTC where he concentrated on protectionism, parallel pricing, and industry trade practices. It was there that he formulated the ideas that have become Campaign '84 required reading and could be a major part of the Democratic platform. He calls his FTC tenure "an extremely important experience," but in order to write. "I needed time to think and the Kennedy School couldn't be a better environment to work...
Referring to national security interests, City Solicitor Russell B. Higgley said last week. "I would say there's a problem as to whether a city can set national policy...