Word: setting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...honesty, the Senate has no business blocking a Supreme Court nomination over one or two issues. Using such a litmus-test would not only be narrow-minded, but would also set a dangerous precedent. Future nominations could become deadlocked, and the court--which ostensibly exists to protect the minority--would slowly become a puppet of the majority-controlled legislature...
...took to requesting QSL cards in a fairly efficient way. I set up my word processor so that I could send a form letter to any station I wanted. "Dear Radio Brasilia," I would write. "I have been listening to your station recently and I very much enjoy the high quality of your programming. I recently heard a broadcast at 0800 hours...
Holmes' theory, as set in The Path ofLaw, holds that morality is not a sufficient,or even a necessary, condition for a law'sexistence. This, Souter explains, contradicts thetheory of natural law, which--through differentdefinitions of legality and morality that Holmesused--holds that laws are basically always moral...
...both his intellect and his gregarious personality, he tried -- not always successfully -- to slow the steady erosion of the landmark decisions on civil liberties that he had written or helped shape. His departure, which may be followed soon by those of the court's two remaining aging liberals, could set the stage for a total transformation of the high court. It could become a body more skeptical of -- if not hostile to -- abortion rights, affirmative action, strict separation between church and state and protection of free speech...
...more time in establishing normal relations. Vietnam is a tough country, but the threat it once posed to U.S. interests has largely dissipated. "Economic development is Vietnam's preoccupation, not military adventurism," says former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie. The U.S., by returning to Southeast Asia and helping set it aright, could do much to bring Vietnam into the booming Pacific Rim economy. Given Vietnam's potential, the U.S. would probably be doing itself a favor by not ceding all the investment and market opportunities to others...