Supreme Court Avoids Ruling On DeFunis Case
The Supreme Court split on mootness in DeFunis v University of Washington and did not rule on whether affirmative action or reverse discrimination facts should guide college admissions. The decision delays a constitutional test, leaving future litigation and policy uncertainty for universities and courts.
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U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Marco DeFunis
University of Washington Law School
de Funis
DeFunis
Supreme Court
The Case For 55
The text argues for maintaining 55 mph highway speeds due to reduced fatalities and lower fuel use. It notes fatigue and stress from high speeds, the profession-driven push to raise limits, and the societal benefit of a modest lifestyle change to save lives and resources.
Themis the Goddess of Justice Identified in Myth
A newspaper piece traces the symbolic figure of justice behind the blindfold. After calls to courts and libraries, readers learn Themis is the mythic name for the goddess of divine law, noted as Zeus's adviser with a modernist twist on the blindfold.
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Themis
Zeus
Projecting the News The Politician As Author
A survey notes politicians turn to writing and fiction with Agnew and Baker as examples. It recalls presidents who authored works, cites profiles in courage, and lists figures like Adams Roosevelt Kennedy Nixon Grant Vidal and others, concluding public office often ends in political failure for authors.
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United States
John Quincy Adams
Theodore Roosevelt
Adams
Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Edmund Wilson
Mark Twain
Julius Caesar
New York
Norman Mailer
John V. Lindsay
Jimmy Breslin
New York City
Mailer
Gore Vidal
Heywood Broun
James A. Michener
Bill Mauldin
Upton Sinclair
Winston Churchill
Crisis of the regime quoted by Buckley on Watergate
The article debates Senator Buckley's use of crisis language about the Nixon era, arguing the phrase misdefines threat to the regime. It contrasts French politics, historic crises, and Watergate, contending the nation shows strength through united political defenses.
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James Buckley
Nixon
United States
Bill
Watergate
Buckley
Jim
Sidney Carton
Solzhenitsyn Reveals Detente Warning To Congress
Solzhenitsyn criticizes both the United States and the Soviet Union in unpublished comments to Congress. He calls detente essential but warns current form is a pseudo detente unless truly guaranteed. He predicts Kremlin opportunism and urges strict control of violence to make detente irreversible.
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Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Washington
Russia
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
United States
Soviet Union
Switzerland
Solzhenitsyn
Kremlin
Congress
Europe
Senate
Willy Brandt
Stalin
Hitler
Henry
Kissinger
Vietnam
Judges Need To Be Monitored For Public Good
An opinion piece argues judges should be reviewed by a broader panel rather than peers, citing corruption and arbitrariness in rulings. It cites Chief Justice Hughes on sentencing disparity and urges a commissioned body with elected judges, bar lawyers, and lay members to investigate and remove incompetent jurists.
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New York
New York City
New York Supreme Court
Board of
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Hughes
Bar
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Tennessee
U.S. Senate
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Howard
Stanford University
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Republic
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Jefferson
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Georgia
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