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...court was not convinced. Writing for the majority, Clarence Thomas asserted that the Kansas law's standard for what constitutes a dangerous mental illness was as strict as the standards in many laws the court has long upheld. Thomas further concluded that since the Kansas law was a version of these well-established "civil commitment" statutes, Hendricks' confinement could not be considered "punishment"--because punishment, in constitutional terms, arises from criminal proceedings, not civil ones...
Tell it to Carol Browner. When the Environmental Protection Agency chief proposed a set of strict new clean-air rules back in November, she was ambushed from just about every direction. Conservative legislators, industry lobbyists and the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal attacked Browner with unusual vehemence, declaring, that, among other things, the rules were based on bad science and would subvert the American way of life by banning barbecues and fireworks...
...natural causes or been culled. Environmentalists objected, on the grounds that any legal sales would encourage poachers to go back in business. But last week the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted to let the three nations sell a total of almost 60 tons to Japan--under strict monitoring to make sure contraband ivory stays off the market. Profits from the sale will be used for elephant-conservation programs...
...have never been in the military and therefore do not understand it. Since people in the service deal with life and death, the armed forces cannot be compared with any other human endeavor. Civilians must accept the idea that those in command must be held to a high and strict standard. Since an officer's word must go unquestioned, lying under oath, as Flinn did, is a most grievous violation of trust. JOHN V. KAVANAGH Chevy Chase...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: It took 30 years for anti-smoking activists to strike a deal with big tobacco, but less than a day for people to start picking it apart. Criticism of the landmark settlement -- in which tobacco companies will pay out $368.5 billion over the next 25 years, strictly limit advertising, and agree to FDA regulation -- began even before a group of state attorneys general announced the deal last Friday afternoon. The American Lung Association expressed doubts that the deal would really curtail tobacco's ability to target children, and strongly urged negotiators not to accept...