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When Philip III ascended to the Spanish throne in 1598, he was 19 years old and uninterested in the responsibilities of a monarch. His friend the Duke of Lerma–the court??s preeminent tastemaker as well as the most important non-royal art collector in Europe–took over matters of state, while Philip squandered vast sums of money on lavish fiestas and foreign wars. The King and the Duke shared a mutual devotion to art that ushered in a dynamic period in Spanish painting, now featured in an outstanding new exhibit...
Although the death penalty, both philosophically and practically, runs afoul of our basic sense of decency, it sadly remains legal under the United States Constitution—or at least the Supreme Court??s reading of it. While the Court has not reconsidered the constitutionality of capital punishment recently, it did rule last week on issues of administration, when two death row inmates from Kentucky argued that a misadministration of the lethal injection could amount to cruel and unusual punishment and therefore violate the Eight Amendment. The Court, however, rejected such claims, arguing that, “Simply...
...paradigmatic example of top-down opinion leadership is the Supreme Court??s 1954 “Brown v. Board of Education” decision calling for desegregation. The Supreme Court??s decision reflected and—likely more so—contributed to shifting public opinion on racial issues...
...challenges the ban on affirmative action that was approved by voters, known as Proposal 2. In 2006, Michigan residents voted to end affirmative action in public universities and agencies in the state by a majority of 58 percent. Harvard Law School professor Mark V. Tushnet said he thought the court??s decision was “not surprising” due to the claims present in the lawsuit. “One of the lines of argument that the challengers presented was that affirmative action had to be among the policy options of the government...
...Crimson’s loss had been sealed, Kumar’s match at No. 1 continued in fine—often dramatic—form. Kumar and his opponent, Matko Maravic, looked to be at each other’s throats—even from across the court??after a series of disputed calls early in the first set. A heatedly contested call cost Kumar the first set tiebreaker, but energized him to turn the heat up on Maravic, which he did with his soft touch at the net.“Ashwin?...