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...colleges in the area signed a legal brief supporting Brandeis in Shaer's case. There is a strong justification for a university disciplining its students in most cases--an institution of higher learning is a distinct community in which certain unique obligations exist between members. In addition, universities ought to have the ability to punish students for infractions of the rules that might not necessarily qualify as a crime in court...
...ensure due process and basic rights, such as the right to be represented by an attorney, because the decisions in serious cases like Shaer's have a huge impact on people's lives. A university's determination in such a case can have a similar effect. Therefore, those rulings ought to be made by a court of law where each side's rights are respected...
...have attacked my character and credibility," Gore said. "I think we ought to attack our country's problems, not attack each other. You may want to focus on scandals. I want to focus on results...
...says, 'This is my land,' or 'My children are dying too young' or 'My children are dying in jail.' Cathy, by having made a statement before the Games about the present government's niggardly attention to Aborigines, did something very dramatic with her race. She put Aborigines where they ought to be, at the center, the first agenda item, not on the margin where Johnny Howard wants them. I think she is capable of great power...
While polls seem to have proven Nyhan wrong so far, there remains the possibility that Lieberman's comments will backfire. He is certainly taking a big risk. From a purely political point of view, Lieberman ought to tone down the rhetoric. The fact that he has not, that he continues to trumpet morality at every campaign stop, leads one to believe that he is genuine...