Legal Brief: Tyson-Style Justice in West Virginia; ACLU Works for Free… For $450 Per Hour; Food Industry May Be in Court Next; Do You Want Fries With That Mouse?

Tyson-Style Justice in West VirginiaWest Virginia Circuit Judge Joseph Triosi was so hungry for justice, he bit a defendant's nose. Yes, in this era of ear-biting prizefighters, Judge Triosi came down from his bench, removed his official robe, and took ...
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Should It Be Illegal to Have a Rosary in School?

Press Release THE RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE July 21, 1997 John W. Whitehead Founder and President For Immediate Release Press Contact: Brent Perry (713) 781-0771 or Rita Woltz (804) 978-3888 E-Mail: [email protected] NEW CANEY HIGH ROSARY CASE SET TO G0 TO TRIAL ...
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Forbes Launches Radio Campaign Against Marijuana Legalization in D.C.

Press Release Americans for Hope, Growth and Opportunity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 16, 1997 AMERICANS FOR HOPE, GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY LAUNCHES RADIO CAMPAIGN OPPOSING INITIATIVE TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA IN WASHINGTON, D.C.; CALLS ON PRESIDENT CLINTON, MAYOR BARRY, AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ...
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Global Warming, If It Occurs, Could Lower Sea Level

PRESS RELEASE The Science & Environmental Policy Project 4084 University Drive, Suite 101 Fairfax VA 22030 Tel: (703)934-6940 Fax: (703)352-7535 For Immediate Release Contact: Candace C. Crandall Tel: (703)503-5064 e-mail: [email protected] GLOBAL WARMING, IF IT OCCURS, COULD LOWER SEA LEVEL ...
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Glickman Summit Yet Another Rout of GOP – Regulatory Reform Reaps Benefits for Poor

Glickman "Food Summit" Yet Another Rout of GOP as Regulatory Reform Reaps Benefits for Poor When Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced July 1 that the USDA will sponsor a "National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning" in September to discuss ...
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Forbes Memo on “Expanding the IRS As We Know It”

MEMORANDUM BY STEVE FORBES July 2, 1997 TO: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CONSERVATIVE LEADERS FROM: STEVE FORBES, HONORARY CHAIRMAN SUBJECT: EXPANDING THE IRS AS WE KNOW IT "A credit of up to $1,500 a year for the first two years ...
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Are You Rich? If You Live Paycheck to Paycheck, There’s a Good Chance the Clinton Administration Thinks So

Next time you hear President Clinton and his allies claim that conservatives only want to help the rich, keep in mind whom they consider to be "rich." The way the Administration sees things, the ranks of the "rich" include: 8.1 ...
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Why Doesn’t Senator Ted Kennedy Believe in Free Speech?

Michael Cannon of the free market group Citizens for a Sound Economy reports in a July 24, 1997 NET-NewsTalk Television interview that Senator Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate office apparently doesn't believe in freedom of speech for non-liberals. In mid-July Senator ...
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D.C. Initiative To Legalize Marijuana A Bad Idea, But Why Isn’t the President Saying So?

Project 21 Press Release For Release: July 25, 1997 Contact: Arturo Silva at (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] D.C. Initiative To Legalize Marijuana A Bad Idea, But Why Isn't the President Saying So? Ballot Initiative Actually Calls on Government to Distribute ...
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Administration Declines to Investigate When Major Union Exploits Workers

For two years, Rep. Cass Ballenger (R-NC), chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee, has called on the Department of Labor to investigation possible violations of the minimum wage law by... the AFL-CIO. According to press accounts, the ...
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