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As evidence for his assertions, Ashcroft cited the case of Missouri v. Johnson, where White wrote one of his few unaccompanied dissents. James Johnson had killed several law-enforcement officers, and the defense argued that he had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder due to his experience in Vietnam...
The nomination is dead now, politics having excluded a worthy candidate from the bench, but it still causes tempers to flare in Missouri. Because many minority nominees are still held up in committee, Ashcroft and the Senate have been accused of racism. A rally was held in St. Louis to...
Officials say none of Harvard's 10 schools--including the graduate schools and FAS--have ever been led by a minority dean.
This is the real danger when campaigning takes precedence over government. Judge White may have been the first casualty of this Senate race, but many other casualties may be yet to come.
If one cause has defined Neil L. Rudenstine's tenure at Harvard, it is race-based affirmative action. But while aggressive recruitment practices in Byerly Hall's admissions office have been successful in diversifying the student body, Harvard's senior administration has not been as effective in changing its demographics...