Word: superiors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Above all, we will need the support of an informed, tough-minded citizenry. Such citizens are our best defense against shortsighted desires to withdraw from world affairs. They are our sturdiest bulwark against the dangerous illusion that Americans are possessed of superior virtue while those who oppose us are unworthy and evil. They are our greatest hope for achieving the breadth of mind to understand the feelings of other peoples and the reasons that lead them to contrary points of view. Above all, informed and active citizens will always be our strongest safeguard against public figures who would drive...
...conducted in the shadow of command influence. "All the paper guarantees pale compared to the weight of lots of brass," says Washington Attorney Gene Fidell, a specialist in military cases. Stories abound of unit commanders pressuring trial authorities to produce guilty verdicts and heavy sentences. In fact, the superior officer convening an Article 32 proceeding can order a court-martial even if the hearing officer recommends against it. And court-martial judges enjoy neither fixed assignment nor life tenure, making them vulnerable to the influence of superiors who decide the course of their careers...
...have Lonetree's case moved to federal courts. But Defense Attorney F. Lee Bailey, another civilian veteran of the military courts, thinks that may be a mistake. Tongue just slightly in cheek, he maintains, "If I'm guilty, I want a civilian trial; if innocent, military justice is superior...
Appeals of the Landmarks Commission's dealings routinely are heard in state Superior Court, although Bok and Lewis said the challenge could be filed in federal court because of the constitutional issues...
...fascist elements pulling at Somers are insane and psychopathic. General Kangaroo announces at one point that he is having "an auction for the soul of Richard Somers." In another scene he demands Somers' unconditional love, which he says he deserves because he is a superior human being. The audience watches Kangaroo from Somers' eyes and cannot understand why Somers even considers this dangerous lunatic's offers, much less why he treats them as rational requests...