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Show 8 Mountainwest Minority Reporter & Sentinel, August 15, 1991 -New Supreme Court era abandons liberal legacy Cox News Service Washington — In his final dissent, departing Justice Thurgood Marshall succinctly described how one era has ended on the another begun. Supreme Court and ‘*Neither the law nor the facts ... underwent any changes in the last four years,’’ wrote Marshall, lamenting the reversal of a 1987 death-penalty ruling. “*Only the personnel of this court did.”’ There is a cliche in the marble halls In Tribute To The Late Reverend James Cleveland (Founder of the Gospel Music Workshop of America) We offer a full line of financial services, so you have the opportunity to choose the products and services that best fit your needs. e Silver Checking - earn interest/no service fee ¢ Home Loans - "pre-qualify" before you buy e Home Equity Loans - improve your lifestyle In we f First Federal vs. Main Office: PLAZA 505 East 200 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 (801) 366-2265 FDIC Insured Marshall ‘*Power, not reason, is the new cur- rency of this court’s decision-making,’’ complained Marshall in one impassioned dissent. Beyond criminal cases, however, the court was not as stridently conservative during the 1990-91 term. In a victory for civil-rights groups, the justices ruled 6-3 that the 1965 Voting Rights Act applied to the election of state and local judges. The decision is likely to lead to the election of more minority judges in many states. Georgia, for And in a ruling in favor of women’s rights, the court outlawed so-called fetal protection regulations that bann- confession does not automatically taint ‘The Human Touch Bank... EQUAL LENDER McCleskey Thurgood said John B. Burris, a law professor at Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. instance, the court said state prison inmates generally get only one appeal in federal court. The ruling is likely to shorten the time between the conviction of murderers and their execution. In Arizona vs. Fulminante, the court said a prosecutor’s use of a coerced e Tax Deferred Investments - save taxes now Fu of American justice that the Constitution says only what five Supreme Court justices believe it says. When a successor is confirmed for Marshall, who announced his retirement on Thursday, five justices will owe their appointments to either President Bush or his predecessor, Ronald Reagan. Led by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, an appointee of Richard Nixon, this conservative phalanx of justices has begun a historic assault on the liberal legal legacy of former Chief Justice Earl Warren. *‘Any doubts I had about this court being conservative were removed during this last session,’’ said Steven Smith, dean of the law school at Cleveland State University. ‘“The court has clearly stated that people in authority should be given more power to act and that there should be a fairly narrow reading of the individual rights of the people. We are seeing the dismantling of the Warren Court.’’ Often with only Marshall and Justices Harry Blackmun and John Paul Stevens in dissent, a conservative majority of six justices systematically whittled away at defendant rights during the term that ended Friday. a trial so much that a conviction must be overturned. Sometimes a coerced confession can be deemed a harmless error, the court said. In Florida vs. Bostick, the court said police without warrants or any suspicion of criminal activity can board buses and ask passengers to let them search their luggage for drugs. In Payne vs. Tennessee, the justices overturned two recent precedents and allowed juries in death penalty cases to hear testimony about a victim’s character and the suffering of survivors. The ‘‘conservative’’ court has shown a surprising appetite for change, occasionally deciding issues that had not even been formally raised. ‘*People thought this would be a non- ed fertile women from jobs that might endanger unborn children. But the conservative majority did flex its muscles on some social issues. In Rust vs. Sullivan, the court voted 5-4 that government can prohibit federally funded family planning clinics from counseling women about abortion. The ruling fueled fears among feminist groups that the justices are on the verge of overturning the 1973 ruling guaranteeing the right to an abortion. Support your local NAACP activist court, but that’s not the case,”’ What do YOU want ina checking account? ‘Home| Follow the steps to your HUD Sweet Home tT: Look for 3 the HUD Homes. New Listings in the classified section. The HUD Homes New Listings ad appears in the classified section of major daily newspapers and in local papers depending on new listings in the area. 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