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McLoughlin, who sees the cause for gay marriage as “a civil rights struggle,” said that though a constitutional amendment may overturn the Supreme Judicial Court??s decision in favor of legalizing marriage for same-sex couples, he is not too concerned...
...This decision was controversial in the eyes of some, courageous in the eyes of others,” she said of the court??s ruling. “But I think we will come to see that this decision was undoubtedly correct...
...capture and detention as prisoners of war by opposing military forces. Unlawful combatants are likewise subject to capture and detention, but in addition they are subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals for acts which render their belligerency unlawful.” The Nazi agents, in the Court??s view, were plainly “unlawful” combatants, as they came secretly “without uniform...for the purpose of waging war by destruction of life or property...
...Indeed, it is unfortunate that the petty scheming of politicians like Romney may stand in the way of such enormous progress. If the court??s ruling is postponed and voters are allowed to decide on the proposed amendment, a simple majority may very well refuse to share a right that should be inalienable—a step that will be extremely difficult to correct. While the principle of majority rule is the ideological basis of any democracy, the principle that the rights of the minority should be protected is equally fundamental to both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
...move caps a month in which the University has been vocal in its reaffirmation of the Supreme Court??s landmark 1954 decision on school desegregation. A series of panels and lectures that ran from April 12-17 drew luminaries from both the legal and educational worlds, including President Lawrence H. Summers and Fred Gray, who served as legal counsel for both Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks...