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print media.  \nJames Randi,leader of the CSER in-vestigation teams,has appeared beforenumerous national television audiences onsuch shows as \"The Tonight Show\"withJohnny Carson(two appearances),“West57th Street,\"“Entertainment Tonight,\"andthe “Sally Jesse Raphael Show”(two ap-pearances).  \nOther members of the CSER investiga-tion team have also made appearances onvarious talk-shows,including Bob Steinerand Don Henvick on“AM San Francisco”and Paul Kurtz on“AM Buffalo.”Al White,an investigative reporter for WOKR-TV inRochester,N.Y.,did a special week-longseries on the Reverend W.V.Grant thatfeatured Kurtz,Randi,and Henvick.  \nCSER members have also appeared on  \n# Media Takes Note of FI's Faith-Healing Exposé\n\nAt press-time,Ronald Reagan's nominationsof William Rehnquist,61,as Chief Justiceof the Supreme Court and Antonin Scalia,  \n50,as Associate Justice seemed headed forspeedy confirmation in the Senate.Thenominations,made possible by the resigna-tion of Chief Justice Warren Burger,gaveReagan a long-awaited opportunity to influ-ence the makeup of the High Court.(Reaganhas already appointed over 200 federaljudges.)Observers predict greater conserva-tism from the Court in such areas as abor-tion,civil liberties,and church-state separa-tion.  \nBurger,78,who resigned to head theCommission on the Bicentennial of the U.S.Constitution full-time,was also consideredconservative.Yet in 1971 he authored thetripartite test for state-church entanglement,and in 1973 supported the Court's Roe v.  \n# The Secular Humanist Bulletin\n\nmany radio talk-shows,including two ap-pearances on the Ed Busch Radio Show(syndicated to 28 cities)and others on CBSand UPI stations.FIs faith-healing investi-gation has also made headlines in over 50newspapers across the country,including theMiami Herald,the Chicago Tribune,andthe Los Angeles Times,as well as theToronto Star in Canada.  \nAnd support for a close look at faith-healing is coming from new quarters.TheAmerican Medical Association's 388-memberHouse of Delegates has unanimously passeda resolution calling for the AMA to investi-gate faith-healing.Francis Horvath,aLansing,Mich.,doctor who wrote the reso-lution,said,\"It is directed against faith-healers practicing medicine without a licenseand defrauding the public.\"FREE INQUIRYeditor Paul Kurtz has been in contact withDr.Horvath to see how CSER can aid inthis investigation.  \n## Reagan Aims to Conservatize Court\n\n\n| The Secular Humanist Bulein i edied by Tom Franczyk and Tom Fyn as a supplement to FRE INOUIRY magszine and ispubihed by the Couci for Democraic and  \u003Cbr>Secular Humanism(CODESH,Inec.),a non-profit corporation,3151 Bailey Avenue,Buffalo,NY14215-0005.Phone(716)834-2921.Paul B urtz,editor,and Andrea Szalanski,  \u003Cbr>managing editor.FRE INQUIRY.Lcters and editorial inquiries should be addrese to:The Editors,Secular Humanisr Buleri.,Box 5,Central Park Station,Bufalo,NY  \u003Cbr>14215-0005.   |\n| --- |\n\nWade abortion decision.  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