Word: wrongfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people for ratification, a bill of rights was conspicuously missing. Its absence was no mere oversight; Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, among others, believed that the liberty and rights of the people might just be safer without one. The collected wisdom has had it that they were wrong--that the initial lack of a bill of rights was the Founder's one big mistake. Yet no one has done more to challenge this position and vindicate Madison and Hamilton than Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork...
...most notable changes involves free speech. In a 1971 Indiana Law Journal article, Bork argued that "constitutional protection should be accorded only to speech that is explicitly political." He also challenged as "fundamentally wrong" the court's 1969 decision in Brandenburg v. Ohio, which held that speech advocating violence can be restricted only when it is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action...
...give us the opportunity until Nov. 7 to show that we have the will to find peace in Central America." Arias will need all his considerable optimism, charm and determination to persuade the White House that a fresh infusion of funds to the contras is a step in the wrong direction...
...bookstores," he says. "It's whether you can maintain the quality of your entertainment. If you can, people will always be glad to see you." Such pronouncements may seem risky in the fickle world of show business. But Cosby hasn't been wrong...
...return to study of the basic texts of Western culture, which adds to the impression that the department once again is asserting disdain for all things non-traditional. After all, this is the department that has left vacant for years a chair in African history. But it would be wrong to fear that this decision is the first sign of a departmental capitulation to the Great Books philosophy of education...