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No decision you make this election
may effect you more directly than your
choice for District Judge,
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avowed anti-Zionist and an-
tagonist to Israel, as Secretary of
State. He was confronted on the
question by this commentator, on
one of his Detroit visits, and his
reply was: "I'll never name an
anti-Israeli to any important
office."
Most important in an honorable
political sphere is that all ele-
ments in the population should be
equally respected, that blacks
should be well represented in gov-
ernment, that bias should be
abhorred. Fear of a Jackson polit-
ically identified must not become
a panic-contributing factor in this
country.
More importantly, the citizenry
must take into account the nobil-
ity of black leadership inspired by
people like Federal Judge Damon
Keith, Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall, the social
scientists like Bayard Rustin.
A decent American society will
reject fears — especially of liber-
als, notably of blacks in our
society. Both are vital factors to be
respected and applauded.
•
That's why we need
Sosnick for Judge.
89% of the cases in the 48th .
District Court are on the criminal
docket. Serious crimes like
Vandalism, Assault, Breaking and
Entering, Drunk Driving, and
Criminal Sexual Conduct.
Ed Sosnick has the experience,
respect, qualifications, and
disposition to judge these kinds of
cases. He's been a Trial Lawyer in
Oakland County for 16 years and
has extensive experience with
criminal cases. And he's the Senior
Trial Attorney in the Oakland County
Prosecutor's Office and the winner
of hundreds of cases in State and
Federal Courts.
In the recent Oakland County Bar
Association 1984 Judicial Prefer-
ence Poll, more than 60% of the
responding lawyers preferred
Sosnick.
And Ed Sosnick has the
endorsement of civic and judicial
leaders throughout Oakland County
including: Oakland County Circuit
Judges, Hon. David F. Breck, Hon.
Alice L. Gilbert, and Hon. James S.
Thorburn; Oakland County
Prosecutor, L. Brooks Patterson;
United States Attorney, Leonard R.
Gilman; the Women Lawyers
Association of Michigan; and the
Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.
Elect Ed Sosnick 48th District Court Judge. On the Blue Ballot.
Sosnick
The experience and respect it takes to be Judge.
Paid for by the Committee to Elect Ed Sosnick, P.O. Box 1036, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
There is another factor already
seriously considered, and fears in-
spired by it should be treated with
caution. It is the warning that
Jerry Falwell will dominate the
selection of Supreme Court jus-
tices, and that if re-elected
President Ronald Reagan will
have an opportunity to name al-
most a majority of the High Court
because the Supreme Court jus-
tices are aging. The latter point
has already been somewhat dis-
puted. There is another aspect not
to be overlooked: that even a most
reactionary man often turns to
liberalism when on the judicial
bench.
The Detroit Free Press had an
interesting editorial comment on
the subject. In its issue of Oct. 1, a
Free Press editorial entitled
"Swing Court: Justice Blackman
warns about the shift to the
right":
This time it was Sup-
reme Court Justice Harry
Blackmun — a Nixon ap-
pointee and no flaming
liberal — who abandoned
the traditional reticence of
justices to make their criti-
cism of the court public.
Justice Blackmun com-
plained a few days ago that
the high court is "moving
to the right" and going
"where it wants to go . . . by
hook or by crook."
The first justice to
blast the court's new direc-
tion publicly was John
Paul Stevens, a Ford ap-
pointee. Next came Justice
Thurgood Marshall, who
said the pattern of the last
term is eroding the pub-
lic's faith in the judiciary.
Now Justice Blackmun
has joined in the complaint
that the court majority —
which invariably includes
Chief Justice Warren
Burger and Justices
William Rehnquist --and
Sandra Day O'Connor —is
ignoring the merits orlimi-
tations of particular cases
in order to advance their
goal, which is a Supreme
Court that bends to con-
servative ideology, above
all else.
The court has taken
that direction with only
one Reagan appointee on
board. But the next
President will get to ap-
point as many as five jus-
tices. A Reagan victory
portends more court ap-
pointments based on a
candidate's pledge to rule
a certain way on issues on
the conservative social
agenda, including abor-
tion.
Walter Mondale seems
to have forgotten the issue.
President Reagan doesn't
want to draw attention to
it. Only the frustrated Sup-
reme Court justices con-
tinue to speak out.
It makes sense, and it asserts:
don't panic.
One must retain confidence in
the good sense of the American
people and its voting power.
When there are dangers, they
must be confronted. At the same
time, thre is the duty to retain the
right to differ, to be as liberal as
one chooses, to have faith that the
good judgment of the American
people will predominate. It is
necessary to place emphasis on
such a necessity to hold fast to
such faith. After all, common
sense is the most basic ingredient
in the American political pot.
That is why the separation prin-
ciple is such a vital factor in what
may be a temporary reaction in-
jected in the politicizing of reli-
gion. The American spirit of fair
play and good sense -emerges in
defiance of panics.
NEWS
Heavy rains mar
Succot in Israel
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israelis in
general, especially farmers and
water experts, were discussing
last week whether the two days of
heavy rain which coincided with
th'e end of the Succot festival week
were a blessing or caused damage.
Mekorot Water Corporation of-
ficials said the heavy downpours
which ended the dry summer sea-
son were urgently required • to
start refilling the underground
aquifers, and the expensive
pumping of water from wells and
subterranean springs and along
supply lines could be halted,
temporarily at least.
But the farmers feel that the
sudden and unheralded
downpours, with- heavy
hailstorms, caused damage to
crops. Cotton farmers were espe-
cially unhappy, claiming that this
year's crop had matured late be-
cause of a shortage of rain last
year, and they were caught with
almost half of their cotton crop
still unpicked and its fibres now
affected by the rain.
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