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...president under the constitution] are so patent that to sidestep them would be difficult for the courts. But the risks of ruling against him are also high. It is going to be very difficult for the courts to find a middle course in which the constitution is upheld, yet the apple cart is not upset...
...different “omnibuses” of libertarianism are represented. Harris, a senior with a knack for the kind of convincing, charismatic conversation usually associated with politicians, firmly aligns himself with the Deontologists. But he does admit that it is tough to believe that some rights should be upheld regardless of situation...
...enforcement hiring, but there is evidence that cops aren't happy. A few months ago, the police-officers union in Anne Arundel County, Md., filed a grievance against the department. So far the courts have been staunchly antitattoo. Last year a federal appeals court in Hartford, Conn., upheld a ruling that required officers to cover up spiderweb tattoos--a symbol of white supremacy--setting a precedent that such ordinances do not violate the First Amendment...
...hand him over." Iraqi officials argue that if Hashem doesn't hang, other war criminals may get away with their crimes. They insist that if Iraq is to move toward democracy after decades of dictatorship, the independence of its courts and the sentences those courts hand down must be upheld without the kind of interference they say is blocking Hashem's execution. With Iraq's high tribunal determined to carry out his sentence, Hashem's fate rests on the extent of U.S. determination to keep him from the noose. Ultimately, says one of Hashem's lawyers, "only the Americans...
...Bush's veto was upheld by a vote of 273-156, 13 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed. After the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi swore to resend a bill that includes an identical expansion back to Bush within the next two weeks. She refused to say if the measure would be completely identical, "as long as the bottom line that 10 million children are covered, that is not negotiable," Pelosi said. "This isn't an issue any more, it's a value in our country from which the President appears to be isolated," she told reporters...