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...deeply gratified by the court's decision to recognize and affirm the critical nature of diversity in higher education," Bollinger said...
...Justices affirm the Florida Supreme Court ruling, perhaps adding a short instruction that the Florida court rewrite its ruling to recognize that the state legislature, not the Florida constitution, controls how electors are appointed. Gore wouldn't gain any votes from such a ruling, but he would gain an important talking point. "He needs disputes to the Bush claims from someone other than his campaign staff, someone else saying these votes need to be counted," says one of the Vice President's advisers. Some Democratic graybeards say Gore's losses in the courts forced him on television too often last...
...membership because hold the "political belief" that they deserve equal rights with whites, or deny homosexuals membership because they hold the "political belief" that their identity is moral. Like Tufts students we are entitled to a policy that is unambiguous and whose protections the university can easily, and categorically, affirm...
Soon after his decision, DiBiaggio released a letter, saying, "I affirm that the nondiscrimination policy is understood to include such self-acceptance of identity," the exact wording the students had suggested...
...Democrats and Republicans - the Democrats claim the GOP is "hijacking" the election, while Republican lawmakers argue they are only working out an "insurance policy" to be used in case legal challenges are still pending by the December 18 electoral vote deadline. Tuesday, the Florida House of Representatives voted to affirm the Bush slate of electors. The state Senate will vote Wednesday...