Word: welds
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...controvert Fried's qualifications as a scholar, but he does leave much to be desired in other areas. He has no experience as a jurist at the state level, and his political views will further submerge Massachusetts in the conservative tide initiated by Gov. William F. Weld...
Fried's lack of experience makes him a peculiar choice. He might have been a role model for Weld during the governor's days as a law student, but that doesn't mean he should be the last word on state-level cases. It's not as though Massachusetts has a shortage of state superior court judges with decades more experience...
...Weld undoubtedly wanted Fried in place for those landmark political decisions that inevitably move on to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fried's writings have been characterized as inimical to labor and women, with a revisionist view of Roe v. Wade and disparagement for unions...
...support Fried's avid defense of free speech, but his libertarianism extends to a degree favored most by arch-conservatives. Fried's support of capital punishment also makes us queasy. Weld called Fried "ballast to the right" and "a Scalia on the court." If there's anything we don't need it's another Justice Antonin Scalia, whose teaming with Justice Clarence Thomas has given a far-right tinge to Supreme Court opinions of late...
Garcia's influence spanned generations and social strata. This veteran of the counterculture had plenty of friends in high places. Vice President Al Gore gave the Garcia gang a White House tour, and Tipper Gore hung out backstage at a Dead concert. Bill Weld, Massachusetts' Republican Governor, last week wore a black armband in memory of his favorite guitarist. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont was a fan and a friend; last summer Leahy invited the Dead to the Senate Dining Room, where the band met that noted groupie Strom Thurmond. "Boy, Ah heah you're a rock star," the orange...