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...Opposed blanket shield laws that would protect journalists from being required to reveal confidential sources in court. Smith had supported that action, as he did a vote condemning all mandatory minimum criminal sentences, such as those covering drug offenses in New York State...
Still in infancy, the coalition received its first important test Wednesday night. At a special council meeting called to conduct routine business, Danehy proposed the abolition of blanket rent controls...
...there is something unique in the Nixon character and the men he chose to aid him that spawned Watergate. Despite his intention of "returning power to the people," Nixon drew authority about him like a blanket of insulation?and waved it over domineering aides responsible only to himself. Unchecked by the accountability of Cabinet officers, who must look to the traditions of their office, answer to congressional committees and worry about legalities and public opinion, these
...clear, although the president of almost anything else would have been quickly forced to resign by a scandal infecting so much of his organization. Moreover, the strange oscillations in White House attitudes toward the various investigations raised grave doubts about Nixon's innocence. First there were blanket denials, lavish claims of Executive privilege and invocations of national security. Then came repeated clarifications, previous statements declared "inoperative," and multiple promises of full disclosure. Subpoenas were resisted. The persistent Special Prosecutor was fired. Next a sudden yielding to the courts, followed by an Operation Candor that was far from candid, claims that...
Both Waud and Duhme stated that a blanket ruling that prescriptions must be generic is inadvisable...