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...still felt far beyond the town. Many Russians were profoundly shaken by the television footage of dead and terribly injured children. And the Kremlin's failure to protect its people was another blow to President Vladimir Putin's image as a tough, take-charge leader. For Stanislav Kesayev, deputy speaker of the North Ossetian regional parliament and a critic of the Kremlin's handling of Beslan, the chaos surrounding the school seizure and the botched rescue attempt is symptomatic of the way Russian officials treat ordinary people as "cattle." "I teach law," says Kesayev, who heads a local inquiry into...
...because some rights are explicitly protected doesn't mean others don't exist; the 14th says people cannot be denied life, liberty or property without due process.) At one time Roberts appeared to agree. As a young Justice Department lawyer in 1981, he summarized a lecture in which the speaker "devotes a section to the so-called 'right to privacy,' arguing as we have that such an amorphous right is not to be found in the Constitution." But this summer he told a Democratic Senator that it was hard to read the Constitution without getting some impression that the Founders...
Time is running short. Unrest is growing among Sudan's other marginalized groups, many of which are armed and may not wait for the new government to address their concerns. "How many armies and militias do we have in this country?" asks Hassan al-Turabi, the former speaker of the parliament who fell out with the regime he helped build. "Ten, and even 20 and 30. We are running the risk of disintegration...
Noisome applause greeted this oration, but even louder salvos, from auditors of both persuasions, greeted the next speaker, Lawyer Malone of the defense. Adopting Bryan's revivalist technique, yet retaining logic in his argument, Malone pleaded for freedom of the mind, chided Bryan for having given the case its large significance and then having refused?by objecting to scientific testimony?to fight out its deepest implications. Lawyer Malone begged His Honor at least to hear the scientists himself, to discover whether or not their testimony was proper for the jurors to hear...
...when I did it. Now I'm thinking, what do I do with this tape.. I told the publisher and attorney I've got this tape. I know I'm not supposed to tape, but I have it.? That's when Herald attorney Robert Beatty, who was on speaker phone with Diaz, questioned DeFede more closely about the tape. DeFede says the attorney asked him why he recorded the conversation, whether he had ?malicious intent? or did it out of ?concern? for Teele. DeFede says the attorney assured him everything would be alright. ?There are privacy concerns and legal...