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To begin with, what exactly is "assassination"? Since the Executive Order offers no definition, presumably standard general concepts would apply. The favorite definition of Russell Bruemmer, former general counsel of the CIA, is "the premeditated killing of a specifically targeted individual for political purposes." He and others contend, however, that...
Several state courts have stepped into a social-engineering role in such areas as education and housing, where the Supreme Court has not ventured for decades. The high court decided in 1973, for example, that equal access to education is not a fundamental right under the federal Constitution. But 10...
How about an undeclared war? That raises the problem of the legitimacy of the war itself. Abraham Sofaer, former legal counsel to the State Department, and others advance this argument: Article 51 of the United Nations Charter recognizes the right of self-defense against armed attack, not only for the...
Assassination, says a government official, is a "double-edged weapon. If you kill a foreign leader, your President is endangered" by retaliation. Washington, of course, could ask a third country to take on the task of hitting Saddam, but that strategy does not resolve the deep moral questions of ordering...
The U.S. economy has long been geared to two-income families; many families could not afford a middle-class life-style without both parents working. The real median income of parents under age 30 fell more than 24% from 1973 to 1987, according to a study by the Children's...