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This past Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of good judicial sense. In two separate, simultaneously issued rulings, the court determined that federal judges ought to have the freedom to hand down just sentences, even if they contradict federal sentencing guidelines. One of the court’s decisions focused on the disparities between jail sentences given to users of crack cocaine and those doled out to users of the drug in powder form. Following the court’s lead, the U.S. Sentencing Commission changed its sentencing guidelines to close the gap between the punishments given...
...This is a billion dollar project and it ought to come with a large infusion of support into our community,” said Harvard Allston Task Force member Brent Whelan. “Harvard has the resources...
...More than any other day, this day ought to commemorate brave individuals with whom we might not have any connection other than our shared humanity. With so many places in the world where human dignity is suppressed, the fortune of our situations is a mere blessing of history. Any of us may very well have been born in a place devoid of individual liberties...
...with Hillary Clinton. When Clinton asked Brokaw if he had “cracked the code yet,” he replied, “No, I haven’t.”Similarly, Brokaw did not end the talk by providing some key to understanding how we ought to resolve the many issues of race relations, gender roles, and economic disparitiesInstead, he concluded with the one immutable conclusion he had reached: “Whatever else is said about the ’60s, the music is fantastic.”—Staff writer Elsa...
...taken the time to study my writings and actions, he would have realized this. Criticizing the content of speech—as I did with President Bollinger—is not the same thing as trying to deprive him of the right to speak, a distinction a law professor ought to understand...