Word: partiality
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Finally, political will is by far the most effective means for conserving and preserving our environment. The government--in an attempt to protect consumers--showed itself partial not to free-market efficiency but to a consumptive economy. The painful realizations that we would have had to make as a result of the activities of the free market have been anaesthetized by political will in the opposite direction. This political will becomes the most powerful weapon against the Bush administration's incredibly short-sighted and frighteningly irreversible environmental agenda: Our society cannot afford to lessen its impact by misplacing its faith...
...willful majority of four justices decided to take Rehnquist up on his challenge. Despite Wells' warning that by ordering a partial statewide recount--something with "no foundation in the law of Florida"--they were inviting rebuke and reversal by the U.S. Supreme Court, they forged ahead and opened up yet another chapter in the recount saga...
...first. "When you look at what legislation is considered ripe for bipartisan compromise, the two parties are split: The Democrats talk about coming together on campaign finance reform and a patients' bill of rights, while the Republicans want to focus on abolishing the estate tax or a ban on partial birth abortion." All issues that have garnered significant bipartisan support in the past - but not exactly the legislative trifles one might expect an evenly split Congress to tackle right...
After his father's victory, Bush returned to Texas once again, where he embarked on the next major business venture of his life. He purchased a partial share of the Texas Rangers baseball team, allowing him to become more of a public figure in Texas as he attended all of the Rangers' home games...
...will likely define his term as Chief Justice. The political considerations are staggering; no Court has ever played such an active role in determining the presidency before, so Rehnquist in particular may exercise extra caution before voting to end Gore's contest without the safeguard of at least a partial recount...