Debate Over Federal Preventive Detention for Pretrial Detainees
The text argues whether federal judges should be allowed to deny bail to suspects deemed dangerous before trial. It notes constitutional limits, cites Senate action, and warns of civil liberties risks. It compares past cautionary tales and calls for robust protections to avoid sweeping incarceration of the presumed innocent.
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Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
American Civil Liberties Union
Iowa Court Extends Courtroom TV Coverage With Revisions
Iowa courts extend the two year experiment with expanded video coverage of trials and make the system permanent with several limits. Sex abuse victims may not be filmed without consent and witnesses may opt out with media burden to justify coverage. Bar groups seek tighter controls, but the trend favors continued access and learning the process.
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Iowa
State Supreme Court
High Court
Iowa Trial Attorneys Association
Poland urgency boosts Euro missile talks amid crisis
Geneva and Brussels report positive first round in NATO Euro missile talks. Both sides publish missile inventories with key differences, while urgency grows from Poland crisis. Officials seek broader START talks by spring and possible moratorium steps on deployment to curb tensions.
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Paris
Geneva
NATO
Brussels
Eugene Rostow
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Haig
Gromyko
Reagan
Contested Residency and Evolution Debate Highlight Iowa News
An out-of-state reader critiques Harold Hughes residency claims and Iowa politics while contrasting creationist skepticism with evolutionary theory. The letter questions the science and cites thermodynamics, natural selection, and fossil gaps to challenge evolution and its place in education.
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Harold Hughes
Iowa
Seeds of fascism in Reagan camp analysis
The writer argues that Reagan’s claim linking fascism to the New Deal is unfounded. He warns litmus test politics under Nofziger shows fascist tendencies through conformity standards in appointments like Judith Whittaker. The piece emphasizes that enforcing uniform judgment, not trains running on time, signals fascism.
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Washington
Reagan
Mussolini
Lyn Nofziger
White House
Nofziger
Justice Department
Judith Whittaker
Reagan Administration
U.S. Court of Appeals
Whittaker
University of Missouri
Law School
Kansas City
American Bar Association
The
Bar Association
Sandra O'Connor
Supreme Court
Mr. Reagan
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Des Moines Register
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