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...students from Yale are commonly better speakers and appear better in moot court and the lecture room than those who graduate here,” he wrote. “The societies in this college are miserable enough, ill got up and badly sustained...
...Kagan, who was nominated by President Clinton to serve on the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.—often considered a stepping stone to the Supreme Court—said that she enjoyed her time working as a domestic policy adviser in the Clinton White House...
...Toobin, a former Crimson sports editor, named Law School Dean Elena Kagan and constitutional law scholar Cass R. Sunstein ’75 as candidates in line for high-ranking posts in the Justice Department or for an appointment to the Supreme Court...
While the Obama-McCain face-off is dominating the national stage, in California an equally important drama is playing out. A 4-3 decision by the California Supreme Court in May made the state the second to recognize the legality of same-sex marriage. Opposition to this decision has built quickly, however, culminating in Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that would amend the state Constitution to prevent people of the same sex from marrying. To give gay couples the legal protections and respect they deserve, Californians should vote “No” on Prop 8. As the Court...
...supported legislative efforts to ensure marriage rights for same-sex couples, we believe that it is far more likely that same-sex couples will be treated equally under Obama’s watch, should a case involving the Defense of Marriage Act make it to the federal court system. On the other hand, the vocal support given to Governor Palin (and, by extension, Senator McCain) by the intolerant and extremist representatives of the religious Right is particularly worrisome. For too long, these demagogues of bigotry and anti-intellectual skepticism have dominated the discourse in American politics; it is time that...