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...matchup is in the front court, where Harvard’s Keith Wright will try to contain Cornell center Jeff Foote, who, at a height of seven feet, has four inches on Wright. Foote leads the conference in rebounds per game; Wright leads in blocks per game and field goal percentage...
Though disputed by the other side, the argument has legal resonance because the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled, in its landmark 2004 Lawrence v. Texas decision decriminalizing gay sex, that by itself moral opprobrium by the majority, no matter how long-standing, is not enough to justify discriminatory treatment of minorities, including gays and lesbians...
...closing arguments and issues his ruling. That is likely to take several weeks. But it's already clear that the verdict itself will be only a beginning, as all sides shift their focus from testimony to the real task of convincing federal appellate judges, and ultimately the U.S. Supreme Court, to rule their...
...bringing this case, legal powerhouses David Boies and Ted Olson - who most famously opposed each other in the Supreme Court over the 2000 presidential election - have managed to make mainstream the notion of gay marriage in a way that not even years of campaigning by gay-rights groups had been able to. That began to be clear almost immediately after the trial began early this month, as Republican stalwarts, from Cindy McCain to Herbert Hoover's granddaughter, began to speak out in favor of gay marriage. "This trial, and Ted's and David's profiles as nationally prominent, mainstream opinion...
...Sarkozy responded to the verdict in a communiqué that stated he was "serene" and satisfied with the court's decision. "I will not appeal it," he said. (See 10 things to do in Paris...