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...Part of the reason so many people come out for The Game is because it turns into a social thing," she said. "Banning kegs will kill a lot of the spirit that comes out during The Game--banning kegs would basically equal no tailgate...

Author: By Juliet J. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alcohol To Be Off-Limits at Future Harvard-Yale Game Tailgate Parties | 12/14/2000 | See Source »

...ends in moral, political and legal stalemate - resolved by a sliver in the U.S. Supreme Court. I could argue the Gore case with perfect coherence and logic; I could argue the Bush case with equal coherence and logic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vexing Questions for the Holidays | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

...recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court is unconstitutional, the majority argued, because it addressed only "undervotes," (votes not counted by the machine) and not "overvotes" (those infamous double-punched Palm Beach ballots, among others), thus violating the Equal Protection clause guaranteeing the uniform treatment of all votes cast in an election. And let's not forget that the standards for recounting differed from county to county. Furthermore, Rehnquist et al. opined, any constitutional recount would require a drastic overhaul of existing standards - not to mention a time frame allowing for judicial review and legal challenges. Such "serious work" could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 'Safe Harbor' Statute: Two Perspectives | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

...Ginsburg argues convincingly for considering the so-called "deadline" in light of the ultimate goal of the election: equal protection. If votes are disregarded because the U.S. Supreme Court itself stopped the recount and declared an artificial deadline (December 12), isn't that equally unconstitutional as counting undervotes without a uniform standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 'Safe Harbor' Statute: Two Perspectives | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

...would he think the Florida Supremes deserved to sail into that safe harbor? The state's high court had tried not once but twice to design a recount scheme that held up to equal protection provisions. Seven Justices said Saturday's count was a failure on those constitutional grounds. A third try might pass muster, it might not, but the way the Florida court had chewed up the past 35 days was certainly no reason to believe that Dec. 18 was any safer. And beyond that date lay constitutional madness not seen since, well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 'Safe Harbor' Statute: Two Perspectives | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

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