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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...short term predictions...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Cole Digs up Victory; Wrestlers Take Eighth | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

Levine said on the radio that in his meeting with Shevardnadze, he told the Soviet leader "we would be very happy to have more or less normal relations. Normal is a very acceptable term in the Soviet Union and I took advantage of this opportunity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hijacking Strengthens Israeli-Soviet Ties | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...battle over Roe v. Wade will not be won or lost in the Oval Office or in state legislatures. The showdown will take place where the struggle began: in the Supreme Court. Though the court has not yet agreed to hear an abortion-related case this term, Thornburgh's Justice Department wasted no time in its efforts to place the subject on the docket. Just two days after the election, it filed a brief asking the high court to hear a case from Missouri. "If the court is prepared to reconsider Roe v. Wade," argued the document, "this case presents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Abortion on The Ropes | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

Whether or not the court agrees to hear this particular case, Lee is not alone in thinking that it may be presently disposed to overrule Roe. "I think there's a very distinct possibility that it will -- this term," said Justice Harry Blackmun in September. According to the man who wrote the embattled decision, "you can count the votes." Four Justices -- William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor and Byron White -- are believed to be against Roe. Speculation centers on the possible fifth and deciding vote, that of the newest Justice, Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy's record is conservative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Abortion on The Ropes | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...doctrine, even if Roe v. Wade were seen by the Justices as a bad decision, revoking it after 15 years might be considered too politically and socially disruptive. However, a majority of the court, including Justice Kennedy, has already shown a willingness to re-examine well-established law. Last term the five conservative Justices stunned the legal community by voting to reconsider Runyon v. McCrary, an important 1976 civil rights decision. "This suggests a court where standing precedents are not sacred," says University of Virginia law professor A.E. Dick Howard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Abortion on The Ropes | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

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