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...Chief Justice William Rehnquist: Possibly the next justice to retire. Appointed by Richard Nixon in 1972, Rehnquist replaced Warren Burger as Chief Justice in 1986. Rehnquist is a strict constructionist (he interprets the Constitution in very narrow terms) who leans conservative. Very much in favor of states' rights. Often speaks in terms of leaving issues up to the "people's branch in government," i.e., the legislature. Widely considered a skilled consensus-builder...
...PROBLEM IS CORRUPTION? It's the No. 1 issue, and we're not proud of our record. I'm very strict when it comes to corruption. I want all parties involved in the reconstruction to agree that we will not continue the corrupt practices of the past...
...premiums. Mission Insurance Group, the chief provider of coverage for day-care centers, abruptly pulled out of the business last year. The handful of insurers that will still write day-care policies insist either on specifically excluding claims for damages arising from sexual abuse or setting up rules for strict supervision, such as unannounced visits by special investigators. Says Suzanne Grace, associate director of the Georgia Day Care Association: "The insurers are telling us, 'We don't care what your record is.' This business has the perceived risk of killing an insurance company...
Another legal concept being used ever more widely is that of strict liability, which makes possible an award of damages without any proof of negligence. Initially it was applied, for example, to businesses conducting abnormally dangerous activities. Now it has been expanded to product-liability cases: a plaintiff need not prove that the manufacturer of a product was negligent, only that the plaintiff was injured while using the product in the manner intended...
...interpretation of the treaty is that research, development and testing of new technologies--just about everything short of actual deployment--are allowed under the treaty. But there is dispute on this point, and the Administration has said in the past that it will abide by what it calls a "strict" interpretation of the pact, one that permits research but not full-scale development of new systems...