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Among Im's credentials are his participation in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke events at the Olympic Trials this past summers and his numerous All-Ivy Honors titles. The Kalamazoo, Mich.-native was also a state record-holder in high school and an All-American in the 100-yard backstroke...
...pointed out that without an objective standard, some voters might be disenfranchised, which would violate the "equal protection" clause of the Constitution. "Don't we need a standard," the Justice demanded? Olson agreed that should the high court remand the case to the Florida Circuit Courts and Secretary of State Katherine Harris, he would accept any ensuing standards. Perhaps sensing Olson's fatigue, Justice Scalia jumped in with a rhetorical question designed to clarify Olson's position on the admissibility of recounts, to which the Bush attorney replied, gratefully, "You're absolutely right, your honor...
...Florida goes, so goes Israel? The Jewish state's election, too, seemed poised Monday to be settled in a complex series of maneuvers in courtrooms and legislatures - although in Israel's case the maneuvering would take place long before the voting. Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday declared his intention to run for the nation's top job, following Ehud Barak's shock decision to resign and seek a new mandate in fresh elections. But as things currently stand, Netanyahu is disqualified from the race: Barak resigned under a special law that requires, in such circumstances, a direct election...
...there's no sign of any agreement on the horizon, and Palestinian public opinion has turned as much, if not more, against the peace process as the Israeli electorate has. Still, for a man who had come to believe that diplomacy and negotiation would win him his cherished Palestinian state, Arafat can't be comfortable contemplating Israel's turn from a prime minister who has offered the Palestinian leader less than he needs to a prime minister who won't give Arafat the time of day without first being dragged to Washington or plunged into a security crisis...
...Opposition by the smaller states as well as Britain also managed to maintain the principle of veto power for any member state in many key areas of policy. Until now, E.U. decisions have had to be reached by consensus among the 15 members, creating an automatic veto power for any dissenter. That principle has been abolished in some 39 areas of decision-making, but it persists in many key areas such as taxation and social policy. And, of course, even in areas where it has been replaced by majority vote, the summit agreed on the principle of a "qualified majority...