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Senators Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma, and Jon Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, contended that Kagan’s lack of Supreme Court experience might hurt her ability represent the government before the high court...
...think that it’s just that these people have to have something to say,” Fried said, discounting criticism of Kagan’s lack of experience. “I don’t think it amounts to anything...
...order to relieve severe overcrowding. The court stated that overcrowding was the primary reason for what it called “unconstitutional conditions” in California’s prisons—conditions that judges said were so poor that prisoners regularly commit suicide or die from lack of adequate health care...
...This drastic nature of Monday’s ruling underlines the serious practical problems within not only California prisons, but also within our current prison system as a whole. Prisons at around 200 percent capacity—with thousands bunked in hallways and gyms for lack of housing space—cannot possibly provide an acceptable level of medical or mental health care to inmates. In addition to prompting action to reduce overcrowding, we hope that the court order will also be viewed as a call for a more thoughtful, long-term evaluation of our theory of punishment. Strategies such...
...year period. “[There is] pent up scientific demand for increased funding, and there’s the capacity to deliver quickly on quality research,” Casey said, adding that the Human Genome Project had opened many avenues for scientific inquiry but lack of funding has subsequently stymied research efforts. “Since 2003, [NIH] funding has essentially been flat, so there are lots of great new ideas that have been awaiting funding.” In 2007, Harvard received nearly $1.4 billion in funding from the NIH, and over half of the University?...