Word: veto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Belmont six weeks ago. The church's blockage of Grendel's liquor license spurred a lawsuit, Larkin v. Grendel's Den, that went up to the Supreme Court. The Court agreed with Laurence H. Tribe '62, Ralph S. Tyler Jr. Professor of Constitutional Law, that giving the church veto power was an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power to a religious institution...
...spokesmen like to say they have Saddam "in a box," but this time he had Bill Clinton on the spot. If Iraq kept the inspectors from doing their jobs, how would the U.N. respond? Among the veto-holding members of the Security Council, Russia and France opposed using any more military force on Iraq, and Russia was reluctant to tighten economic sanctions. If the Security Council did not act against Saddam, the U.S. could attack by itself, blasting Iraq with cruise missiles again to avoid getting pilots killed or captured. But that kind of attack could turn...
...statement threatening Iraq with "serious consequences" if it expelled the Americans. "Saddam Hussein has shot himself in the foot again," said State Department spokesman James Rubin, "and it doesn't seem like there's much of his foot left." His wound was far from fatal, however. Russia, which has veto rights in the council, still opposes military strikes or even more sanctions. If the U.S. decides to punch Saddam again, there may not be as many allies in America's corner...
...Cellucci, we call on you to lead the state of Massachusetts and to honor the last 50 years in which this state has nobly pronounced its unwillingness to kill. Veto the death penalty bill...
Then came Monday, when the White House learned that House minority leader Dick Gephardt was planning to support the bill. That would open the way for nervous Democrats to get behind it in droves, maybe even enough to give it a veto-proof majority. It also threatened to leave Al Gore stranded as apologist for the taxman in the next Democratic presidential primaries, which potential rivals like Gephardt and Kerrey would be happy to see. That was enough for Clinton. On Tuesday he went public with his turnaround. On Wednesday the bill rumbled out of Ways and Means with...