Word: argument
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Since neither of the lawyers Tuesday pressed the Harvard professors’ brief, at least one of the justices would have to take up the statutory argument in discussions with his or her colleagues...
...this statutory argument suffered a severe blow before the high court Tuesday when the lead lawyer for the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR), the nationwide network of law schools that is challenging the Solomon Amendment’s constitutionality, directly contradicted the Harvard professors’ claims...
...Rosenkranz killed the Harvard brief argument,” University of Mississippi law professor Paul M. Secunda ’93 said...
Most Harvard Law School (HLS) students reacted pessimistically to Supreme Court oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment yesterday morning, saying that the government’s position—rather than the law schools’ stance—seemed to resonate more with the justices. At the HLS Harkness Commons, students listened to an audio recording of the court’s arguments just minutes after they ended in Washington. Though only about 12 students were present at the start of the event, over 100 happened in as the clock approached noon. In the case, Rumsfeld...
...affiliated with Northeastern University Campus Against War and Racism. Although some of the protesters specifically criticized the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on homosexuality—an important aspect of the legal argument against the Solomon Amendment—most focused on a broader frustration with the U.S.’s involvement in Iraq. “I’m here to oppose the U.S. war in Iraq and the recruiting of young people to be sent there to kill...