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...Americans who has the last word on their constitutional rights, and they will usually point to the U.S. Supreme Court. But last week, as David Souter appeared certain to win Senate confirmation of his seat on the nation's highest bench after a 13-to-1 vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee, some of the most important pitched battles of American jurisprudence were being fought far away from Washington, in the supreme court houses of the 50 states. Despite the success of the Reagan and Bush administrations at placing hundreds of conservative nominees on federal benches, a growing number...
...group, which also contained representatives of socialist and gay and lesbian organizations, marched to Copley Square, where it was addressed by the president of the Boston chapter of NOW, Ellen Convisser. Convisser criticized the appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court of David H. Souter '61, calling it a "a virtual rollback of women's rights...
...Even if it only changes [Souter's] mind aninfinitesimal bit," Howe said, "it will have beenworth...
Howe said that his alarm over Souter's silenceon abortion was the primary impetus to undertakethe signing, which they also hoped would increasecampus awareness of the issue...
Club President James M. Harmon '93 hopes thatthe Harvard name, in addition to the sheer size ofthe card, will cause Souter to take notice...