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Other councillors feel the need for change is not in the leadership of the department but the equipment used to regulate the system.
Proceedings under traditional statutes like the Clean Water Act also keep lawyers occupied. So does the heavy lobbying surrounding new legislation. Last week Senate leaders announced a delicate compromise on a new Clean Air Act to regulate car and factory emissions, but the measure will face tough going on the...
A prime reason for the flurry of regulation is that cigarette bashing has become politically popular. Even such a tobacco bastion as Greensboro, N.C., has an ordinance against smoking in retail stores and other public areas. As a sign of the diminished power of Washington's once feared tobacco lobby...
Adjudicating the merits of various types of speech places the University community on a slippery slope. Hastily attempting to regulate offensive speech is simply unacceptable to a community whose raison d'etre is the free exchange of ideas.
Overly aggressive or dangerous panhandlers, however, will not automatically enjoy legal protection. "Judge Sand's ruling doesn't say a beggar can corner people or abuse them," explained Columbia law professor Vincent Blasi. "The First Amendment protects only the right to ask, not the right to harass." In fact, several...