Year: 1999

Black Leadership Network Opposes Civil Rights Nominee; Senate Urged to Reject Clinton’s Choice to Implement Civil Rights Policy – February 1999

Press Release /
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 urge the U.S. Senate to reject President Clinton's expected renomination of activist lawyer Bill Lann Lee as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Lee's ...

Letter to Conservatives by Paul M. Weyrich

Ms. Amy Ridenour National Center for Public Policy Research 777 N. Capitol Street, NE Suite 803 Washington, D.C. 20001-4201 Dear Ms. Ridenour: Late last year, I had the opportunity of speaking to the Conservative Leadership Conference on the state of ...

A Lawsuit… Or A House of Cards?

Legal Brief /
Issue Sixteen February 12, 1999 The National Center for Public Policy Research Amy Moritz Ridenour, President 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 , Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone (202) 507-6398 Fax (301) 498-1301 [email protected] https://nationalcenter.orgContents:* A Lawsuit... Or A House of ...

Impeachment Infringes on My Family Time, by E. LeMay Lathan

Project 21 Commentary /
Is President Clinton above the law? I keep asking myself that question as I listen to the impeachment proceedings. I've heard both the White House's excuses and the accusations of the Office of Independent Counsel, and I don't have a ...

To Assure That the Republican Party is Open and Accessible to All, by Bishop Earl Jackson Sr.

Project 21 Commentary /
When a political party goes on public record to establish a foundational principle, that declaration should be studiously upheld and its members should hold one another accountable for its violation. Many Republicans and conservatives remember the phrase "to assure that ...

Why I Work on Martin’s Birthday, by C. Mason Weaver

Project 21 Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published February 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. I worked hard during ...

Clinton’s Urban Sprawl Program Threatens Freedom and the Environment

National Policy Analysis #231 /
What percentage of U.S. land do you think has been developed? 50%? 25%? 10%? Answer: Less than 5%. Yet the Clinton Administration believes that taxpayers must pay for a multi-billion dollar land acquisition program aimed at curbing "urban sprawl" - ...

Jury Tampering in Exxon Valdez Trial Pollutes America’s System of Justice

National Policy Analysis #232 /
There's a penchant among American juries for extracting a pound of flesh and then some from big, bad corporations with deeper-than-deep pockets. Americans have always loved striking a blow for the little guy, and many believe that one of the ...

White House Tries to Buy Support for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #233 /
One of the more surprising developments in the ongoing global warming debate is the Clinton Administration's success in lining up major corporate support for the greenhouse gas reductions stipulated under the Kyoto Protocol. Signed by the United States and 158 ...

New York Is Better Off Without Hillary Clinton

National Policy Analysis #234 /
I hope Hillary Clinton doesn't run for Senate in New York. First and foremost, the Clinton Age of Scandal should end. It isn't good for America and it's particularly bad for our children. While Mrs. Clinton may not have been ...

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