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Judge throws out line-item veto
i. Supreme Court likely to issue final ruling on 1996 act within the nextfew months
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ASH! NGTON (AP) —A federal judge threw
'resipent Clinton’s new line-item veto au-
ty Thursday, delivering a blow to a power
Clinton and the Republican Congress said
:rucial for limiting wasteful spending. A de-
3 ruling by the Supreme Court seems likely
3 next few months.
S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan said the
item veto, enacted in 1996 and used for the
time last year, unconstitutionally shifted
:r to the president from the Congress. The
turejallows the president to kill individual
s in lax and spending bills that otherwise
e law, though he can be reversed by two-
|s majorities of the House and Senate,
he line-item veto act impermissibly crosses
'ne b< tween acceptable delegations of rule-
ng authority and unauthorized surrender to
resident of an inherently legislative function,
dy, die authority to permanently shape laws
package legislation,” Hogan wrote,
intofi, who called for line-item veto power dur-
is 1992 presidential campaign, said the law has
ed W( 11, saving taxpayers more than $ 1 billion.
Ithoi igh I am disappointed with today’s rul-
t is jny belief that ultimately, the line-item
will be ruled constitutional by the U.S.
em0 Court,” he said.
umarous congressional proponents of the
power also predicted ultimate victory — either
at the Supreme Court or in a renewed effort to
pass a new version, perhaps as a constitutional
amendment. The measure in question was a
law, not a constitutional amendment, because
4 ‘This is a victory for the
American people. It is
their Constitution, their
republic and their
liberties that have been
made more secure.”
Sen. Robert Byrd
D-W.Va.
proponents could not muster the two-thirds
majority needed to change the Constitution.
“We’ll fight and win,” said Sen. John Mc
Cain, R-Ariz.
But others conceded that if there is a next
time, there might be less enthusiasm for the
power. The approaching age of budget surplus
es has made deficit reduction less urgent, and
many lawmakers were unhappy last year when
Clinton used the power to kill projects in their
home districts.
“A lot of the reformist zeal that came in in 1994
hasn’t died but has retreated,” said Rep. Mark
Souder, R-Ind., a line-item-veto supporter.
Souder was elected in 1994, when a constitu
tional amendment for a line-item veto was part
of the Republican “Contract With America.”
Opponents of the power rejoiced in Thurs
day’s ruling, including Sen. Robert Byrd, D-
WVa., one of six lawmakers who challenged the
law’s constitutionality last year. Their suit was
rejected when a judge ruled they lacked legal
standing to bring the case.
“This is a victory for the American people,” said
Byrd, a fierce defender of Congress’ prerogatives.
“It is their Constitution, their republic and their
liberties that have been made more secure.”
Clinton used the new power 82 times last
year, all but twice on spending items, saving a
claimed $1.9 billion over the next five years. But
those savings represent just 0.0002 percent of
the $9 trillion that will be spent over that period.
Retired insurance exec
witness in investigation
| WASHINGTON (AP) — In a quest for
jxcitement in his retirement years, mil-
onaire Walter Kaye parlayed $300,000 in
ontributions into a friendship with Bill
nd Hillary Rodham Clinton — and a bit
iart in four Clinton controversies.
His belated debut in national Democ-
^ atic circles has earned him a bevy of
riends who insist it was his “grandfather-
b'W generosity” and not anything sinister
hatlanded him in the controversies.
Nonetheless, his latest scrape with
lotoriety may earn him a trip to a grand
iry to be questioned by prosecutors
bout Monica Lewinsky. Kaye recom
mended Ms. Lewinsky, the young
voman and family friend at the center
i>f an alleged presidential affair and cov-
"tr-up, for a White House internship in
■ 995, officials say.
It would not be his first such appearance.
Last December, the New Yorker traveled
o Arkansas to appear before another of In-
lependent Counsel Kenneth Starr’s grand
uries to explain why he donated $1,000 to
Vhitewater figure Susan McDougal’s legal
lefense fund.
According to those familiar with the
tppearance, Kaye also had donated to
lefray other witnesses’ legal bills, in
hiding Clinton’s, and prosecutors sum-
nohed him as they investigated a theo-
y that the White House may have
nchestrated an effort to buy off or si-
ence witnesses. Presidential aides deny
any such wrongdoing.
Last summer, Kaye’s more than
$300,000 in recent contributions to De
mocratic causes earned him scrutiny in
the political fund-raising investigations
as lawmakers looked into favors that
donors received.
Among them was a night in the Lincoln
Bedroom and an appointment to a civilian
Pentagon program, in which he has jetted
across the country to meet with soldiers
and promote the Army.
Kaye also popped up in the Paula Jones
controversy, drawing on his four decades
in the insurance business to suggest that
Clinton invoke a clause in two insurance
policies to help defray legal bills in the sex
ual harassment lawsuit. The policies paid
off at $1.5 million.
Kaye did not return calls to his office or
his Park Avenue home seeking comment.
He founded Kaye Insurance Associates,
one of the country top 20 insurance bro
kerage firms.
Friends say Kaye, whose retirement left
him depressed and searching for a new
cause, found rejuvenation in his friend
ship with the Clintons and the new oppor
tunities that opened up with it.
In 1995 -— nearly two years after he first
became a large Democratic National Com
mittee donor and visitor to the first lady’s
office — Kaye was appointed by the Pen
tagon as one of 75 unpaid civilian aides to
the Secretary of the Army.
New allegations
made of hazing
in Marine Corps
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) —Ayear after the nation
was shocked by bloody images of Marines pounding
medals into each other’s chests comes a new picture
of young Marines being subjected to beatings, Thurs
day night fights and mock crucifixions.
Four privates are in the brig at Parris Island,
charged with hazing and severely beating a fellow
Marine because he supposedly had gotten his pla
toon in trouble for failing to do some routine tasks.
Pvt. Maciej Lugowski, 20, of New York City lost his
spleen and suffered other injuries in the assault Dec.
17 — six months after the nation’s top Marine de
clared the Corps would not tolerate hazing.
“It’s despicable to us to see this type of activity,” said
Maj. Rick Long, a spokesperson for die Corps’ training
depot here. “People are shocked that Marines would
engage in this type of activity against other Marines.”
After a week in the hospital and a month’s leave,
I.u'gdwski is back at Fort Knox, Ky., the Army base
where the assault took place.
He and his alleged assailants were among about
350 Marines, many fresh out of basic training, who
go through the Army’s armor school each year to
learn to be tank mechanics and drivers.
At a preliminary hearing Wednesday for one of
the accused, defense attorney Maj. Bill Weber said
new trainees at Fort Knox were soon visited by oth
er Marines who punched, cursed and dragged them
into the hall. Those who did not fight back had their
heads flushed in the toilet, he said.
Navy investigators also have said Thursday nights
were set aside for more senior trainees to fight newer
ones in “love sessions,” in which the only instructions
were not to hit in the face or below the belt. Kidney
punches were encouraged.
Texas A&M University
Health Science Center College of Medicine
and
Baylor College of Dentistry
are now taking applications for the 1998 Summer
Enrichment Programs
Bridge to Medicine MCAT Program
Pre-Dental Enrichment Program
Summer Research Fellowship Program
For an application contact:
Application Center for Summer Programs
Tel: (409) 862-4065
e-mail: htbosquez@tamu.edu
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