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New York Times
August 27, 2000
Abner Mikva

The Wooing of Our Judges

Abner Mikva decries the "Educating" of federal judges at posh resorts by conservative foundations:

"...judges listened to speakers whose overwhelming message was that regulation should be limited -- that the free market should be relied upon to protect the environment, for example, or that the "takings" clause of the Constitution should be interpreted to prohibit rules against development in environmentally sensitive places.

 

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