Word: levelness
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Barkley advocates improving campus social life by decentralizing the Council's role. He wants to give more support to House Committees and create a similar body for first-years--all in the belief that the most effective planning occurs on the small group level...
Added Lindblom: "Columbia is one of the best teams in the country. [Playing them] makes us realize what we need to do to become one of the top teams on the national level...
...Supreme Court held in Marbury v. Madison that in conflicts between the branches, the judicial branch has the final word. That principle applies at the state level as well. State courts regularly strike down laws passed by state legislatures and issue orders that are binding on Governors. That means that, presumptively, a ruling of the Florida Supreme Court would trump an act of the Florida legislature. But if the two branches reached an irresolvable impasse on a matter as important as a presidential election, it is probable that the U.S. Supreme Court would find a reason to come...
...word from Austin is that if George W. Bush becomes our next president, he would like to appoint three blacks to high-level positions - Colin Powell as Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice as National Security Adviser and a third person yet to be named. Powell and Rice would be serving in government posts more important than those held by any other African American - even in the Administration of a certain Democrat who bragged that he wanted his Cabinet to "look like America." That's a huge irony, considering that 92% of blacks slapped aside Bush's claim...
...this was their usual level of combativeness. I thought the proceedings went true to form. While it was very clear it was a charged atmosphere, I didn't see any changes in the way they normally behave - all eight [of the Justices who generally ask questions; Clarence Thomas rarely does] spoke up frequently and asked a lot of probing questions...