Word: lawsuits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University now faces an investigation by the New York Attorney General to see if its attempt to keep the endowment, which is linked to the forest, is legal. And Stillman's son and another Hudson Valley environmentalist are threatening a lawsuit if the University doesn't back down...
There's nothing hard about proving that the final clubs are sexist. And ironically, that's exactly what the clubs would have to do to save themselves if threatened with a lawsuit. The clubs would rush to declare their opposition to "women's issues" and thus show that the admission of women would change their organizational character. Otherwise, the final clubs--like the Jaycees--would flunk the Supreme Court's litmus test for discrimination...
...about time somebody forced the final clubs into dropping the fiction that they're just a few fun-loving naive guys who don't even know what sexism means. A lawsuit wouldn't necessarily succeed in opening up the final clubs to women. But under Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees, it would force the clubbies to be honest and choose which is the lesser evil--admitting women or admitting how they feel about women...
...After a lawsuit and a series of tough direct actions by ACORN members, the city settled out of court for a campsite a mile from the Convention Center, beside the major highway used by delegates coming from the airport to Dallas. In addition, the city agreed to set up showers, toilets, and running water for the campers. Not quite the fancy Anatole Hotel, but bearable...
...other break may come from the courts. The University may file a lawsuit challenging the city's right to prevent HRE from renovating the building...