The Week

■ Idi Amin says he will always regard Americans as his friends. Now will you stop worrying about the decline of American prestige abroad?

■ Has the Supreme Court been listening to Raoul Berger? Deciding two cases last week, the Court employed Bergeresque language to invalidate court-ordered obstacles to nuclear plant construction. Lower-court judges had overruled Nuclear Regulatory Commission decisions to grant licenses for plants in Vermont and Michigan, citing objections by environmental groups. “. . . Congress has made a choice to at least try nuclear energy,” wrote Justice William Rehnquist for the Court, “establishing a reasonable review process in which courts are to play only a limited role.”