Word: pales
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...Pale Kings and Princes...
Prof. Kennedy offered his view that there can come a point where a speaker's views are so abhorrent or "beyond the pale" that private citizens have or should have the legal right to interrupt such speech and thereby prevent its dissemination. His position, in short, was that one may and even should decide whether or not to allow a particular speech by examining the content of that speech. Prof. Kennedy was referring, in particular, to student efforts to interfere with a speech given by South African Vice Consul Duke Kent-Brown...
...judge, who must be a qualified lawyer, plus no fewer than five jurors -- normally all officers, unless an enlisted defendant requests otherwise. The prosecutor and defense counsel must also be lawyers. But critics say the entire proceeding is conducted in the shadow of command influence. "All the paper guarantees pale compared to the weight of lots of brass," says Washington Attorney Gene Fidell, a specialist in military cases. Stories abound of unit commanders pressuring trial authorities to produce guilty verdicts and heavy sentences. In fact, the superior officer convening an Article 32 proceeding can order a court-martial even...
...about." Has our deep thinker considered that there are many students who would find abhorrent the appearance on campus of a Louis Farrakhan, Angela Davis, or a spokesman for the current Nicaraguan regime? Professor Kennedy doubtless does not believe that such speakers "represent an advocacy that is beyond the pale," but his utterances are an invitation to disruption by those who do. It is saddening that an officer of the American Civil Liberties Union, which once took highly principled stands on such issues, apparently believes in freedom of speech except for people with whom he disagrees. Stephan Thernstrom Winthrop Professor...
...recent talk at the Law School, Assistant Professor of Law Randall Kennedy praised the disruption of political speakers whose views are "beyond the pale" and asserted that some political speech "shouldn't be tolerated." There can be little doubt that most thoughtful Americans are strongly opposed to the repressive policies of the current South African regime. But surely freedom of speech, if it means anything, means freedom to speak and listen to ideas which do not comport with law professors' subjective assessments of community values. The suggestion that Mr. Kent-Brown's speech is less worthy of protection because...