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At the end of Indecent Materials, a pair of one-act plays linking homophobia to right-wing criticism of the National Endowment for the Arts, an actor from North Carolina steps out of character to vow that this year his state will unseat the NEA's foremost critic, Senator Jesse...
The Senate action left open the possibility that Defense Secretary Dick Cheney could save the two B-2s in negotiations between the two chambers. And despite Cheney's urgings, re-election-minded House members reluctant to shut down production lines in their districts have refused to pull the plug on...
How much influence do the clerks really wield? According to one recent alumnus, "a clerk has influence but never makes a decision." The power comes, he explains, "from being able to track down information and think of new ways to argue a case." Says AFL-CIO lawyer Walter Kamiat, once...
A. The chambers vary, but the short answer is no, if you have in mind the final opinion. I'll be glad to describe what I usually did: before the case was argued, having read the briefs, I would write a memorandum myself in which I summarized how I thought...
A. Well, the Justices are free to make comments, and the author of an opinion welcomes comments. Often changes are made in that process, sometimes in order to get a majority. It is often done informally. One Justice will walk to the chambers of another to discuss possible changes.