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TELEPHONES. The dismantling of Ma Bell in 1984, the result of a Government antitrust suit, is probably the most unpopular deregulatory move. According to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll published in April, 59% of consumers think the breakup was a "bad thing." One emerging problem is the perceived decline in the quality of the nation's telephone service since the Bell system was broken up. Customer complaints and confusion are at an all-time high...
...major arguments have always taken place between Congress and the White House, but now special interests also use the courts to nibble at Executive power. Environmentalists filed suit in 1971 to prevent Nixon from conducting an underground nuclear test on Alaska's Amchitka Island. The Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 in the President's favor, but the battle left a bitter residue. Patrick Buchanan, then a White House aide, recalls asking Nixon what he would have done had the court gone against him. The President's angry response: "I was going to fire it anyway." That, perhaps...
Leaders in Africa, confronted by tribal rivalries and the constant threat of coups, have taken far greater pains to stay in power than to preserve democratic rights. Troublesome constitutions are usually ignored or tailored to suit. "If anyone speaks to you about a multiparty political system, catch him and hit him hard," declared Gabon President Albert-Bernard (Omar) Bongo in a widely quoted 1983 speech. At least 28 of the continent's 53 states have only one political party, and 27 African nations are under military rule. Countries ranging from Guinea in West Africa to Somalia in the east have...
...pedestal, but in a cage . . . Indeed, throughout much of the 19th century the position of women in our society was, in many respects, comparable to that of blacks under the pre-Civil War slave codes. Neither slaves nor women could hold office, serve on juries, or bring suit in their own names . . . It is true, of course, that the position of women . . . has improved markedly in recent decades. Nevertheless, it can hardly be doubted that . . . women still face pervasive . . . discrimination in our educational institutions, on the job market and, perhaps most conspicuously, in the political arena...
...close friends in the sect after she defected, decided to strike back. She sued the Governing Body of the Jehovah's Witnesses for unspecified damages, citing her emotional distress. An appeals court in San Francisco, upholding a previous ruling by a federal district court, has turned away Paul's suit. The Constitution's guarantee of "free exercise," said the appeals panel, applies even to unpopular groups and practices and "requires that society tolerate the types of harm suffered by Paul." Responded Paul: "Jesus Christ never shunned anyone...