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Elian relatives defy 2 p.m. U.S.
MIAMI (AP) — Elian Gonzalez’s Miami relatives
defied a government deadline this afternoon, refus
ing to return the boy to his father’s custody and pro
longing a wrenching custody battle that began with a
Thanksgiving Day boat wreck.
Lazaro Gonzalez had been instructed to deliver his
grand-nephew to an airport near Miami at 2 p.m.
EDT. Instead, he took his brinkmanship one step fur
ther: The child remained in the Little Havana home
where he has lived for 4 1/2 months. He appeared
playful and cheerful.
Attorney General Janet Reno said earlier the gov
ernment would act in a “reasonable, measured way.”
“We have the authority to take action,” Reno
said. “But responsible authority means not only
knowing when to take action, but how and when to
take that action.”
After failing to reach an agreement with the fam
ily during a dramatic 2 1/2-hour meeting attended by
the Cuban boy, Reno ordered them to bring him to
Opa-locka airport outside Miami at 2 p.m. for a flight
to Washington. Fifty police cars ringed the airport and
200 officers were deployed to the area.
Lazaro Gonzalez had insisted he would not relin
quish custody of the boy he has cared for since Elian’s
mother drowned off the Florida coast nearly five
months ago. “We will not turn this child over — not
in Opa-locka, not in any ‘locka,’” he said. “They will
have to take this child from me by force.”
Outside Lazaro Gonzalez’s house this morning,
police chained barricades together and thousands
braced for Elian’s departure. “War! War! War!” some
shouted in Spanish; others renewed pledges of non
violence. Many demonstrators headed to a side street
behind the house — which some feared the govern
ment would use to sneak in. Actor Andy Garcia and
singer Gloria Estefan, both Cuban-Americans, spent
time with demonstrators and inside the house.
Lazaro Gonzalez addressed the growing crowd
with a bullhorn this morning and called for peaceful
demonstrations. “We’re going to set an example so
that they do not take the child Elian, and we're not
going to fight with anyone,” he said. The crowd
cheered wildly.
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child over - not in Opa-
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Lazaro Gonzalez
Government sources have said that if the relatives
didn’t deliver the boy, the Justice Department would
be prepared to eventually send U.S. marshals and im
migration agents into the Little Havana house to re
move Elian.
Protesters have repeatedly said they would link
arms and form a human chain around the house to
block federal agents from going in.
It was learned that federal marshals and immigration
agents sent to get the boy would likely arrive in mini
mum numbers wearing civilian clothes. The agents who
actually would go to the house might not even he armed.
Reno said there was no intention<
house immediately iftheboy wasi
p.m. She also proposed that the Miamirdi
to Washington and meet with his father.
“We are tr> ing to do this fairly, straigi
ly. without playing games with people,"fe
“1 am trying to work through an ext®
tragedy without ha\ ing to cause further dim
the little boy.”
Family attorney Manny Diaz bristledais
called government demands. “Let thefamfe
to each other,” he said. "Who knowswhat^
out in a family meeting?” It was unclear#:
stopping the Miami relatives from doingso.
President Clinton also weighed in. ‘Tvil
do everything I can to stay out of it,”lei
Washington. "But it is our obligationtoupij
rule of law.”
Crowd control outside Lazaro Gonzalezl
is a local responsibility. Reno and other feds
cials have been assured by Miami police thatij
keep order, the government official said. \
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House opens inquiry into Supreme Coil
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state
House voted overwhelmingly Thursday
to open an impeachment inquiry into
New Hampshire’s Supreme Court jus
tices, deepening a constitutional crisis
that began over a divorce case.
Lawmakers decided 343-to-7 to au
thorize the first impeachment probe of
a New Hampshire judge in 210 years.
The crisis has brought down one
member of the high court already
and threatens three of the four re
maining justices.
“The court’s been sinking its own
ship pretty well,” said Rep. Paul Mirs-
ki, sponsor of the legislation. “We’ve
got to let the committee go where it can
go. This stuff is just going to continue
to erupt.”
Gov. Jeanne Shaheen called the
vote “a necessary step toward restor
ing the public’s confidence in our judi
cial system.”
The vote, which empowers the
House Judiciary Committee to investi
gate Chief Justice David Brock and
other members of the court, comes
nearly two weeks after Justice Stephen
Thayer resigned rather than face pros
ecution on charges he tried to influence
the assignment of judges to hear his
own divorce case.
In a report. Attorney General Philip
McLaughlin also alleged Brock violat
ed the law by listening to Thayer.
Brock said he understands the need
for the investigation.
“We welcome this inquiry by the
House Judiciary Committee which has
established its ability to conduct inves
tigations in a trustworthy and even-
handed manner,” he said in a statement.
Brock said he hoped the process
would be “undertaken expeditiously
so that we can return to our full-time
judicial responsibilities.”
While Brock’s alleged offense was
not criminal and carries no punishment,
the report also concluded that justices
who were excused from cases because
of conflicts of interest were still al
lowed to comment on proposed rulings
in those cases.
The attorney general said in his re
port that it was up to the Legislature to
decide what to do about the alleged
ethics lapses.
Brock has defended the court, say
ing no justice besides Thayer ever tried
to affect the outcome of a case in which
he was disqualified. He said judges
who disqualified themselves merely
corrected grammar or factual errors in
proposed rulings.
Rep. Julie Brown called the inquiry
a “political hack job” prompted by the
court’s unpopular ruling two years ago
requiring the state to ovi
it pays for the public school^
“These men have served
well. Their reputations are deff
using the word ‘impeach®
Brown said.
Under the New Hampshire
tution, impeachable offenses
“bribery, corruption, malptfl
maladministration of office.'' [j
If the Judiciary Committee J
mends impeachment ofanyoftJ
tices, the House would puttheii
of impeachment to a yoteJj
passed, the Senate would sitasi|
Besides Brock, two (
face removal — Sherman M !
John Broderick. The fourth!#■
the current court, Justice
Nadeau, was not named in thear- |
general’s report.
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