[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

Post your short news items, issues of interest, links, and so on. All who advance the Cause are welcome.

LET'S ROLL!!!

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

The weekend's here - yippee! (Just wish it would stop raining, though.)

[Mr. Mulliner]

I saw the video of the man rescuing his dog and I would dispute the claim that he endangered the lives of fire fighters. He got up there quickly, saved the dog, and both jumped safely from the balcony. I don't know what the fuss is, but I really don't have all the details, I guess. He said he would do it again and 60% of people in a poll said they'd do the same and 17% said they might depending on the circumstances.

[nicollo]

Today was work day, which meant radio time. C-Span ran a symposium with three ex-AG's, Nicholas Katzenbach (JFK/LBJ) Ed Meese (Reagan), and Richard Thornburgh (Bush). I wish I could have heard the entire discussion, as it was fascinating.

One topic was the Michigan affirmative action case. The moderator started it off by saying that the AG and the Soliciter General, Ashcroft and Olsen, wanted to file an amicus brief declaring "diversity" in admissions neither a valid public policy goal nor constitutional. The President's White House legal advisor argued against it, and the President ordered the AG and SG to change their breif accordingly. The panel was not concerned with the merit of the argument (other than to say that the brief filed was consistent with the plaintiff's argument). The discussion regarded the political influence upon the SG, particularly.

Meese said that Reagan never interfered with AG/SG filings. They all accepted the fact that the President is the boss. They also agreed that if the SG was so offended by the political pressure, he ought have resigned.

What I get from this is that the story of Olsen's offense at the President's directions was not so great as to demand resignation. That is, either Olsen suffers from pride of office, or his conviction, and offense, as purported by a certain (offensive) Freeper was not so great.

Nicollo is very amused.