Our national psyche: the unseen victim of domestic terrorism

Article Abstract:

The Oklahoma City, OK, bombing in Apr 1995 has inspired fear of domestic terrorism that regretably may cause Americans to be more willing to accept a curtailment of civil liberties. In fact, President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno proposed reinterpreting Justice Dept guidelines to give the FBI more flexibility in investigating suspected terrorists. Americans should be leery of giving their government the power to trample on long-established freedoms in the name of acting against terrorists. The bombing does not justify rash action.

Column, Civil rights, Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995

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What is the afterlife of affirmative action?

Article Abstract:

Many politicians and small business advocates are calling for the elimination of affirmative action, but few have been willing to suggest alternatives to address pay differences and the persistence of white male control of executive positions. Critics may be right to question whether job preferences and set-asides are appropriate, but they are not right to claim that equality can be achieved without addressing education, crime, poverty and racial bias. Real solutions may be more complex and more costly than affirmative action.

Analysis, Affirmative action, Social justice

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Applying the Antiterrorism Act to habeas corpus cases

Article Abstract:

Title 1 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act poses several complex interpretation problems. New habeas corpus procedures found in section 107 apply to cases pending on the enactment date of Apr 24, 1996, but procedures in sections 101-106 apparently do not. Deference to state court adjudications look chiefly to the court's decision-making process, and involve a form of the rule of Teague v Lane. New claims to pending petitions should be allowed through the end of the relevant rehearing periods.

Capital punishment, Habeas corpus

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