Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women-only post-graduate institution, the Bunting's legal status was dubious--federal Title IX law prohibits gender-based discrimination in most educational programs...
...ever get out. Rideau, who taught himself to read and write while on death row for 11 years, kept his story out of the film because, he explains, ?it?s the only way to get credibility -- people listen to you better.? He has no illusions that his own long legal struggle for freedom will succeed. ?If the courts go by the law, I?ll win. If not, I?ll lose. It is that simple.? As for the Oscars, Rideau says, ?it would be nice to be there. But if I don?t go this time, there will be another time...
...then, did NOW not support Paula Jones? Simple: So far as anybody can tell, Jones' story was garbage. Her legal fees were funded by a conservative, and, hence, more than likely anti-feminist institute. Her case was ultimately thrown out of court. She used the money earned by the scandal for cosmetic surgery on her nose. This sounds less and less like a woman victimized by the president and more and more a pawn in a political game. Given this, NOW would have no reason to get involved. To do so would do nothing for women's rights and would...
...discussion, moderated by Tanya L. Barnes '00, co-director of the pre-law society, centered on the question of whether legal or political considerations should take precedence in the mind of legally trained politicians...
...Jonathan Schwartz said he once believed that purely legal considerations should always take precedence in such cases...