Word: warrens
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Your article "Challenging the Hired Guns" [LAW, Feb. 27] tells why lawyers are perceived by many Americans as unethical, avaricious deceivers. When Chief Justice Warren Burger refers to his colleagues as "hired guns" and "procurers" while addressing the American Bar Association, he is actually describing a very small percentage of the profession. The majority of lawyers are not as incompetent as Burger portrays them...
...upholding inclusion of a crèche in a municipally financed Pawtucket, R.I., Christmas display, gave new heart to those who hope, and new worries to those who fear, that the court may now be less insistent on maintaining a "wall of separation between church and state."* Chief Justice Warren Burger, writing for the majority, called the wall "a useful figure of speech" but "not a wholly accurate description of the practical aspects of the relationship that in fact exists between church and state...
Together, the three developments demonstrated that church-state disputes are reaching a level of emotional intensity not seen since conservatives mounted the drive to impeach Earl Warren. The campaign, as it happens, was fueled partly by the decisions, made when he was Chief Justice, that prayer or Bible readings in public schools violate the First Amendment's ban on laws "respecting an establishment of religion...
...content merely to suppose that individual Betamax users violate copyright when "time-shifting" certain shows. Kroft went still farther, calling for compensation from Sony and even a ban on Betamax use and sales. Closely questioning Kroft on this logic. Chief Justice Warren Burger asked if photocopying manufacturers would similarly be liable say "if Xerox or another maker advertises that this is a good way to copy books?" Said Kroft: "I would say that a seller of photocopying machines would be liable." In fact, under further questioning Kroft even suggested there would be copyright infringement even if Xerox...
David H. Donald. Warren Professor of American History, described Welty as "an American Jane Austen, clearly one of our very best 20th century writers...