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are many staffers on the Hill who
want to get involved."
The Bush-Cheney transition team
recently proved that it isn't living in
the technological stone age by opening
a Web site providing information
about job opportunities in the new
administration and even offering
online applications — although insid-
ers say it's unlikely over-the-transom
applications will get serious attention.
The fact that the election results
have been mired in the courts for
weeks has slowed the transition
process; while Bush has neared deci-
sions on a number of cabinet posi-
tions, his incoming chief of staff,
Andrew Card, has not yet finished
plans for the White House staff.
One question being actively dis-
cussed in Jewish circles: will there be
an official Bush White House liaison
to the Jewish community? And at
what level?
GOP insiders say that the likely
president-elect will probably follow
President Bill Clinton's model by
choosing a young, eager and relatively
unknown liaison.
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A decision by a federal appeals court
in Cincinnati could pave the way for
the big Supreme Court showdown
over school vouchers that Jewish
groups have been anticipating for sev-
eral years.
But it's far from certain the court
will take the case, which involves a
pioneering voucher program in
Cleveland.
Jewish groups on both sides of the
emotional voucher debate are eager for
a definitive Supreine Court test of the
issue. But opponents may be a little
more eager than supporters, since they
assume that George W. Bush — if he
has a chance — will appoint conser-
vative justices to the court who will be
much more likely to support aid to
religious schools.
Monday's decision involved a vouch-
er demonstration program in
Cleveland serving about 4,000 inner-
city children in failing schools. In a 2-
1 decision, the 6th Circuit Court of
Appeals sustained an earlier ruling
that, because the vouchers are used
primarily in religious schools, the pro-
gram violates the separation of church
and state.
Voucher supporters say they may
appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court —
although they could also ask for a
rehearing at the appeals level.
Nathan Diament, director of the
Orthodox Union's Institute for
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