Word: halley
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...focusing attention on the overly-broad enforcement of the statute, [the brief] calls the court’s attention to a domain in which distinct constitutional violations become visible,” Halley said...
...decision to recognize the plaintiffs’ standing is important, and the denial of preliminary relief is no surprise and is not discouraging,” said Professor of Law Janet Halley, an outspoken critic of the Pentagon’s policy and an expert on the military’s treatment of gays and lesbians...
Noting that Summers was “conveniently left off the stage” of the rally, Halley said she wished the school had “forced Summers to involve himself, either by suing or by forcing the Law School to comply...
Both Coates and Halley said they would consider joining colleagues in an independent legal action but would have to consider the case’s chances for success. Coates said it might be difficult for the professors, rather than the University or students directly impacted by “don’t ask, don’t tell,” to prove they had legal standing to bring suit...
Aside from Clark, Dershowitz and Halley, other speakers at the rally included Assistant Professor of Law Heather Gerken, who said that arguments for excluding gays from military service were the same as those formerly excluding women and African Americans...