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...challenge, Tushnet did not foresee this lawsuit going much farther. But he said the debate over affirmative action is not over. “These kinds of issues are never completely settled,” he said. Tushnet also said that other state bans on affirmative action, such as California??s Proposition 209, were due to specific “political entrepreneurs” rather than a national trend. Although Bouquet acknowledged the shortcomings of affirmative action he said the policy still has merit. “Affirmative action is not a cure-all, and there should...
...When I was older, she led a family backpacking expedition in California??s Lassen Park. Finding a long trail through a barren desert and up a cindercone volcano, she decided we were going to hike it. Never mind the heat. We ran out of water halfway there, but somehow made it back alive. After we collapsed from exhaustion, she announced that a trek up another mountain was in order. Her conviction didn’t waver after returning hikers informed us they had been pelted by hail near the summit. This was my aunt...
...face of it, the Oxnard shooting is another tragic case of a gun-toting kid with inappropriate access to a deadly weapon. But this incident has implications beyond gun control laws (California??s are some of the nation’s strongest). The killer, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, murdered King not because he had access to a gun, but because King had declared his “abnormal” sexuality both explicitly and, allegedly, by dressing and acting in what was perceived to be an inappropriately feminine manner...
...said, is to get politicians to agree to refuse money from lobbyists, ban “earmarks” and support public financing of campaigns. Lessig said he will decide whether to make his run by March 1. The district in which Lessig would make a bid—California??s 12th—stretches from the south of San Francisco to San Mateo. The seat opened up when its former occupant, Democrat Thomas P. Lantos, who had held the seat since 1981, died earlier this month. A special election for the seat is scheduled for June...
Several researchers who made the move from Harvard to West Coast institutions in the past few years said California??s program had indirectly influenced their career paths...