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Almost every regulation in this slim book dates from some specific incident. Surely some 17th century professor was kept awake by a drum; when he introduced the idea of a percussion ban at the next Faculty meeting, his sensible brethren broadened it to include other "harsh instruments." And in 1969, when students finally got sick enough of the Establishment/liberal hypocrisy that allowed ROTC to stay on campus training bomber pilots, they took over the main administration building. Not only did Harvard officials roust them in a bloody pre-dawn bust, the also battled each other to see who could mouth...
...chief author and supporter of the calamities under which this people labor...that he has done more general mischiefs and committed greater public crimes than his life can repair or his death satisfy: and that he is the more against whom the blood of my slaughtered brethren cries from the ground...
...announced his intention to retire last month, but her nomination, which must be approved by the Senate in September, was a stunning break with tradition. In its 191-year history, 101 judges have served on the nation's highest court, and all have been men. By giving the brethren their first sister, Reagan provided not only a breakthrough on the bench but a powerful push forward in the shamefully long and needlessly tortuous march of women toward full equality in American society...
...very least, some court observers hope that her consensus-building experience as a legislator, with its premium on dealing with personalities, as well as the fact that she is a woman, will dissolve some of the aloofness among the brethren. There is little personal rapport and togetherness on the current court -and the Justices tend to communicate with one another only in writing. The result is often a series of individual opinions based on conflicting rationales that confuse the impact of a majority decision. Powell has called the court "nine one-man law firms." A touch of warmth and sociability...
Modern media had discovered the power of the court, the entertainment value of the obscure doings in the shadowy marble chambers at the far end of Pennsylvania Avenue. The Justices became good television; the collection of gossip in the book The Brethren was worth big money on the publishing market. In singular fashion, the court was raised still higher on its public pedestal...