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The Fourth Amendment spin is that the court, having upheld a series of drug-testing laws (for railroad crews, customs-service workers, and student athletes), finally encountered one too preposterous to tolerate.
Russia yesterday spearheaded a U.N. protest vote, supported by U.S. allies, that upheld the treaty's integrity.
A federal appeals court upheld California's Proposition 209 , which prohibits affirmative action in public institutions.
According to the piece (which credits earlier little-noticed reports of such matters in the media-related press), in recent months, the feds have had their subpoena for the complete tape of Diane Sawyer's "PrimeTime Live" interview with Susan McDougal upheld and got the interview tapes writer James B. Stewart made with McDougal for a New Yorker piece he wrote.
The Patio de los Leones, whose name derives from the splashing fountain in the center upheld by 12 stone lions, the Torre de las Damas (Tower of the Ladies), and the old bath area are of particular interest also.