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...according to Boston University Professor ofLaw Jane M. Cohen, an expert in Title IX law, theBunting Institute may not be safe from the law'sfar-reaching effects...
...Cohen explains that courts have ruled that ifeven one program at a given school receivesfederal money, all of that school's programs mustcomply with Title IX. That means that whenall-women undergraduate colleges also runsingle-sex graduate or post-graduate programs,they may then violate Title...
...Cohen, who herself read grant applicationsfor the Bunting Institute during the early 1990s,says much of Title IX law is open tointerpretation. With institutions like theBunting, technicalities can blur the meaning oflegal precedent...
...month. Three motorists arrested on charges of drunken driving had their cars seized on the spot by the NYPD on Monday, Day 1 of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's new 'zero-tolerance' approach to DWI. "This is obviously an approach that will play to the bleachers," says TIME writer Adam Cohen. But since New York often seems to be governed from the bleachers, it may not be inappropriate...
...same way in the case of drunken driving, which is a less serious offense. And make no mistake, the measures are draconian: "Seizing a vehicle can be a real hardship for a spouse who needs to go to work or a child who needs to go to school," says Cohen. Moreover, the seizure can stick with only a preponderance of the evidence to back it up (because it is a civil action), and not guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. This means that under the mayor's policy, a motorist could be acquitted of drunken driving in criminal court but still...