Word: touche
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...should be the measure of a case. But in this case the court merely judged how well the fundamentalists did on stage. The textbook case reduced the trial to a ritual. There is always an aspect of performance to courtroom proceedings, but in this extreme case the performance lost touch with the issues at hand...
...just how well can campaigns for or against Supreme Court Justices really work? In California, opponents of Chief Justice Rose Bird and Associate Justices Joseph Grodin and Cruz Reynoso assert that the three justices should be removed because they are out of touch with the majority, especially on the issue of the death penalty. Ideology and specific issues become the centerpieces of Court campaigns, while the subtle principles the Court is charged with enforcing are lost by the wayside...
...difficulties inherent in Court campaigns go on and on. Should a Justice take stands on specific issues, thereby prejudicing himself in future cases? Should Justices look to Gallup polls in deciding cases to insure that they do not lose touch with the will of the people? And should a Justice prostitute himself to PACs in order to raise money to hire political consultants and run campaign ads? A Justice who campaigns may find it difficult to serve with integrity; but without a campaign, it may be difficult for a justice to serve...
...recent years I have begun to lose touch with professional sports. Not so much because I don't enjoy a hot afternoon at the ballpark or an overtime playoff game, but simply because of what I call "athlete apathy...
Rutger smiled. "Sure they are. M16s--the finest noisemaker the U.S. makes. Don't worry, though, son--they're just for keepin' away the snakes and leeches in the jungle. Those Nicaraguans wouldn't dare touch private American citizens...