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...taught at Harvard on-and-off since 1945, also working as U.S. Solicitor General. He was appointed Professor in 1946. After receiving his law degree from Harvard in 1937, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Learned Hand before beginning practice himself...
...each other in court last week, when the first temporary restraining order on the ban ran out. At the hearing, ADL presented an affidavit from the company's safety office, as well as letters from members of the Department of Defense, attesting to the safety of the facility, City Solicitor Russell B. Higley said yesterday...
...majority, Chief Justice Warren Burger seemed to argue that the traditional guidelines-that a law must serve a secular purpose, neither advance nor inhibit religion, and not entangle the state in purely religious questions-were merely "useful," rather than mandatory. "A more flexible standard may be emerging," says U.S. Solicitor General Rex E. Lee. The real test, set forth by the Chief Justice, now seems to be simply whether a religious practice presents "a real danger of establishment of a state church." Some states will argue that it is difficult to see "real danger" in a moment of silence. Furthermore...
...women, who are offered payments that may far exceed their medical costs, to surrender their maternal rights too readily. Eager parents are willing to pay $15,000 or more to lawyers, "finders" and young mothers. Promises one ad: LIVE LIKE A QUEEN. Says Attorney Kathleen Jennings of the Greenville solicitor's office: "Selling children should be illegal, but in South Carolina it is not. It's only immoral, and that is something we cannot enforce...
...most brilliant scholars. In recent years. Tribe has also become a fearsome presence in the courtroom, where he generally takes the liberal side of legal and social issues. "I have enormous respect for his ability, his intelligence and his analytical skills," says U.S. Solicitor General Rex Lee, who represents the Government in cases before the Supreme Court. The conservative Lee says that he and Tribe disagree on nine out often issues, but adds, "I don't know that I have ever had a more skillful opponent...