Poor way to quash protestors
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The application of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to Operation Rescue abortion protesters is inappropriate. New York state attorney general Robert Abrams supports its application and hopes the US Supreme Court will not overturn its use in Bray v Alexandria Women's Health Clinic. However, the Klan Act has not been effective in stopping Operation rescue actions. Furthermore, the Klan Act's intent was to curb violence and terrorism, which Operation Rescue does not engage in. Also, the scale of abortion protests do not necessitate the application of a federal law.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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It's the old battle with a new whine
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Conservatives in Congress have rallied behind Army Spc Michael New in a dubious and hypocritical effort to challenge President Clinton's authority to dispatch troops under UN control and to make treaties. Spc New and his lawyers say assigning US soldiers to foreign command is unconstitutional and illegal, but nothing in US law or the Constitution forbids such an action, and the United Nations treaty, which holds full constitutional authority, specifically allows it. US courts would probably rule the question political.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Peace pact will be poor band-aid
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A legal document cannot resolve the Bosnian conflict because legal, moral, and political realities all deny the validity of any such agreement. None of the legal orders arguably in force in the Balkans could legitimize a peace document, and such a document would have to include a denial of self- determination that is morally repugnant. One honest solution to the quagmire is to do nothing, a la Tibet. Another is to intervene militarily, though on shaky legal grounds. In short, no real resolution is now possible.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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