Word: decisional
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Then he did go away--because the Supreme Court handed down a decision that felt more partisan than principled--and Democrats were outraged. Some Senators predict titanic battles if Bush gets to nominate new Supreme Court Justices. Some House members predict titanic battles over just about anything that happens in...
DASCHLE Behind closed doors, the Democrats are divided between liberal hard-liners, who want guerrilla war, and moderates, who fear that such a war would destroy them as well as Bush. In the 50-50 Senate, the decision about which way to go will be made by Tom Daschle, the...
In the confused minutes after the flummoxing, unsummarized decision came down, its meaning depended on what network you were watching. On MSNBC, Gore was toast. On CNN and Fox, he still had a chance. ABC's Jackie Judd and Jeffrey Toobin, asked for their instant read by Peter Jennings, reacted...
Deans of journalism might sigh that episodes like this threaten a covenant of faith with the public. But if there ever really was one, it was shot long ago, as much because of audience sophistication as because of any failings of the media. The new-media-era covenant goes like...
The court's decision--a tangle of six different majority, concurring and dissenting opinions--is now every bit as controversial as the election it resolved. To its defenders, the court played precisely the role the Founding Fathers intended: in a time of crisis, the Justices stepped in to ensure that...