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A2 The Nation The Boston Globe monday, September 25, 2000 WW LiJ iiHimmiiiiiimiiHMiiimmmiiMmMHmmiiiiimiiHmMiimHmiHmiimmiiiimmiHHHiimmiHHHiMHmHMii lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the NATION -V, I if TODAY WASHINGTON, D.C. 'Zero tolerance' imperils security, report says STEERING COLUMN A group ofShrinersfrom Danville, 111., pedaling a bicycle built for 25 during the fall festival parade in Beardstown, on Saturday. Twenty-two Shriner teams marched in the parade. 7TT Tightened security and the threat of criminal prosecution for minor errors are becoming a bigger threat to national security than the potential loss of secrets, according to a report released today in which legislators recommend ren a i 7 i I if that Energy Secretary Bill Richardson cancel the policy of "zero tolerance" for security violations that was announced last year after suspicion of spying at the i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamo, A4 TEXAS Bush to linger little after debate in Boston AUSTIN George W.

Bush may have fi-, nally agreed to next week's debate in Boston, but his campaign is scheduling as little time in the city as possible confirming yesterday he will not even spend the night. Campaign coverage, A9 CALIFORNIA i Roller coaster strands riders 30 feet in air BUENA PARK Two dozen passengers i on a roller coaster were trapped 30 feet in the air for two hours after a guest's jacket jammed between a car and its The cases that I've seen them take are difficult, challenging cases, where there no ready, easily discerned answer. 1 Douglas Kmiec, Pepper dine Law School Court to hear lasting, not fiery, issues track, the second accident in two days at a Southern California amusement park. None of the 25 passengers aboard the Jaguar! at Knott's Berry Farm were hurt They climbed down ladders brought in by park workers and city firefighters, fire department chief Bernie O'Neill said. Park officials said the ride, which jammed Saturday night, would reopen today.

That accident happened a day after a 4-year-old boy was hurt on a slow-moving Disneyland ride in neighboring Anaheim. The boy, whose name was not released, remained in critical condition yesterday at the University of California, Irvine, Medical Center with a Congress now delegates to federal agencies would have to be made by Congress." Beyond the governmental power arena, the court is also focusing on criminal procedure and the authority of police officers to detain and search people. Again, while none of the cases have the attention-grabbing aspects of last term particularly the decision reaffirming that police must read suspects their so-called Miranda rights they could touch many lives. For example, the court will decide whether police in Lago Vista, Texas, properly arrested a mother for not wearing her seat belt or belting her children in the family minivan. The woman says an arrest she was handcuffed and taken to jail was excessive for her violation, which was punishable only by a fine.

Another criminal case with a broad sweep comes from Indianapolis and involves whether police can stop motorists at checkpoints and use drug-sniffing dogs to detect narcotics in their cars. The court also will decide whether public hospitals can test pregnant women who show signs of cocaine use for drugs and, if positive, turn those results into the police. A group of women sued, arguing that the hospital violated their Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. prominent Washington, D.C, lawyer who argues frequently before the justices. In court papers, some have argued that the case paves the way for invalidating a host of federal environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act Another case involving the scope of federal power asks whether the Constitution blocks lawsuits against states for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act It is similar to a case from last term that blocked private lawsuits against states for age discrimination, but some observers say it could resonate more deeply than that case.

This will be a signal of the court's seriousness of its renewed commitment to federalism," said Georgetown University law professor Mark Tushnet Another case involving issues of government power focuses on the Clean Air Act, which requires the Environmental Protection Agency to set air quality standards. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit ruled that the agency misconstrued the law in a way that gave it too much discretion and, as a result, improperly delegated Congress's legislative power. If the Supreme Court agrees, the case could "wipe out the so-called administrative state," said Robert Long a Washington lawyer and Supreme Court observer. Important decisions Justices taking up cases that will affect many, observers say By Jan Crawford Greenburg CHICAGO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON After a blockbuster term crammed with contentious issues, Supreme Court justices will return to the bench next week to take up a less dramatic docket that nonetheless could have significant implications for American life. No cases so far this year are as prominent as the biggest issues of last term, including gay Boy Scouts, late term abortion, school prayer, and tobacco companies.

The issues are more arcane, although several could broadly affect more people's lives than many of last year's controversial decisions. From issues of police procedure to the continued development of federal power, the court will wrestle with hard questions in cases that could have a lasting imprint on the law. And the picture of the term is far from complete: With fewer than 40 cases on the docket so far, the court will continue adding others every week, starting as early as tomorrow, until it gets close to 75 or so. Thus tar, if not nearly as comprehensive as the previous term, but every one of the cases that I've seen them take are difficult, challenging cases, where there's no ready, easily discerned an swer," said Douglas Kmiec, a professor at Pepperdine Law School. "By virtue of that, they could well divide the court and not precisely along conservative-liberal lines." Perhaps the biggest case thus far involves a proposed landfill in suburban Chicago.

The case is of obvious importance to Chicago-area residents because it could help determine the outcome of a 15-year effort to build the landfill in suburban Bartlett But beyond the Midwest, the case is being closely watched because it once again embroils the justices in a battle over the scope of congressional power vis-a-vis the states. Many predict that the case could finally outline what kind of limits the court is putting on Congress's authority to pass a host of laws that govern everyday life making it much more important than similar, more high-profile cases decided last term. It may not have the national page-one power of last year's case that said Congress went too far when it passed a section of the Violence Against Women Act allowing victims of gender-motivated violence to sue their attackers. But unlike that case, which didnt explain any new legal theories, the Cook County dispute could result in providing important guidelines to determine when Congress exceeds its authority to enact laws traditionally handled by the states. This could show how far the court is willing to go," said John Roberts a lacerated liver, damage to his dia-.

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