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WASHINGTON: Never mind that Congress wanted the line-item veto in the first place; the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that granting the President power to tweak bills violates the constitutional separation of powers. Of course, that will only make the issue even more of a political gold mine -- and if it requires a constitutional amendment, then...
Americans like their courts independent, but they're not as sure about international tribunals. As a month of negotiations gets under way in Rome today to create an International Court of Criminal Justice to prosecute human rights violations, the U.S. is pressing for U.N. Security Council veto power over the court. "Any U.S. administration that signs on to the court will have to confront Jesse Helms, who has made clear that unless the court is firmly under the control of a U.S. veto at the Security Council, it is 'dead on arrival,' " says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell...
...court would investigate, indict and prosecute human rights violators not prosecuted in their own countries, such as Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein. Washington -- backed by China, Russia and France -- wants a veto out fear that U.S. operations abroad could be compromised. Britain has broken ranks with the Security Council's Big Five: "The British realize that for the court to have any credibility it has to have equal justice rather than appear to be the strong countries zeroing in on the weak," says Dowell. But with a sticking point so fundamental, it's just as well that the talks...
...That's good news for high tech companies that don't want to pay much for labor, and bad news for older American tech workers who will continue to be priced out of the market. Indeed, the White House has threatened to veto the bill because of its dubious effect on American workers, and because of the high tech industry's even more dubious claims that a labor shortage exists in the first place. According to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 85 percent of the workers hired under the so-called H-1B visa program are not exceptionally skilled...
...Senate Education Committee released a significantly watered-down version of ACCRA. A similar version was overwhelmingly passed by the House last Wednesday as a part of this year's Higher Education Act. After a conference committee irons out details, the bill is expected to pass Congress with a veto-proof majority...