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"Brown v. Board of Education and the Interest-Convergence Dilemma" by Derrick A. Bell, Jr., in Haivard Law Review (Jan. 1980), Gannett House, Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
court-ordered busing in 1976, rioting Boston students attack a black lawyer with Old Gloq~. Stan-ley Forman's photo won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize.
dicial second thoughts," too. In recent decisions such as Milliken v. Bradley (1974)and Dayton Board of Education v. Briizkimzn (1977), the Court has "erected barriers" to achieving racial balance in schools- chiefly rating "local control" just as important as integration (effec- tively preventing school busing between the suburbs...
lawyers who helped redesign California's welfare system under Gov- ernor Ronald Reagan, the firm boasts 18 attorneys and offices in Sac- ramento, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.
At a time when the more than 100 liberal public-interest law firms face major financial problems, the conservatives are prospering. Twenty-seven percent of Pacific's present $2 million budget comes from corporations. Chambers of Commerce, trade associations, foundations, private law firms, and individuals also provide money....
Thomas E. Cronin, in Public Opinion
Expectations (Feb.-March 1980), Circulation Depart-
ment. c/o AEI. 1150 17th St. N.W.. Wash- ington, D.C. 20036.
In a recent Gallup Poll, 73 percent of Americans surveyed said that "the public expects more of a President today than in the past." Another survey late last year showed that Americans believe "strong leader- ship" to be the single most important quality in a President.
In 1787, the Founding Fathers designed the Presidency as...
Thomas E. Cronin, in Public Opinion
Expectations (Feb.-March 1980), Circulation Depart-
ment. c/o AEI. 1150 17th St. N.W.. Wash- ington, D.C. 20036.
In a recent Gallup Poll, 73 percent of Americans surveyed said that "the public expects more of a President today than in the past." Another survey late last year showed that Americans believe "strong leader- ship" to be the single most important quality in a President.
In 1787, the Founding Fathers designed the Presidency as...
detente.
mid-1975, Tucker contends, Kissinger recognized that his detente policy had failed. Since then, he has backed higher military spending and tougher anti-Soviet policies. But, ironically, his Democratic suc- cessors accepted and extended Kissinger's original approach.
According to Tucker, Carter took office convinced that new condi- tions-chiefly, the nuclear stalemate and the West's economic depend- ence on the Third World-made the superpowers' military strength largely irrelevant. The...
Clarence
Y. H. Lo, in Journal of Political and Mili- tary Sociology (Fall 1979), Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 111.601 15.
Was General Douglas MacArthur "stretching" his orders in late November 1950, when he attempted to drive north to Korea's border with China on the Yalu River? His critics so contend. But according to UCLA sociologist Lo, recently declassified U.S. documents show that the Truman administration explicitly supported MacArthur's ill-fated...