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Republican Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Judiciary Committee in 2005, when Roberts was confirmed, was so annoyed by some of the Chief Justice's opinions last term that he threatened to investigate whether Roberts had misled the panel. But Roberts has told friends he stands by every word. He wasn't talking about compromising on ideological principles, he explains. He was talking about conducting disputes and expressing outcomes in the voice of a durable institution--not as nine voices of nine headstrong pundits...
Benjamin Wittes, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, is among the court watchers distressed by the bellicose tone of some recent decisions. He points to the once rancorous Washington Circuit Court of Appeals as an example of an ideologically divided panel that has managed to find its way back to civility. "It's not clear yet if John Roberts understands that that achievement requires the judges to give something up," Wittes says. "Namely, excess rhetoric." Even some Justices express concern on occasion. The newest of the nine, Alito, has confided that he finds the rhetoric dismaying, and he recently noted...
...these Justices seem to seek the spotlight--the hotter, the better. Thomas' headline-making memoir, thick with grievances, drowns out the substantive work of the court. Other Justices prefer to give speeches, barely disguised as questions, from the bench or to jet around the globe to conferences and panel discussions...
...Anybody that somehow thinks interest in poker is a bad thing would be convinced just by seeing and listening to these kids talk,” said Nesson. Woods said that the GPSTS would host several events open to the Harvard community over the semester. A panel discussion with poker champions Howard Lederer and Crandell Addington is expected to be held on Oct. 15. The group plans to hold a discussion on the dispute over online poker and a day-long conference on the educational value of poker in November. The GPSTS also plans to launch a National Collegiate Poker...
Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) installed 13 42-inch flat-panel plasma television monitors and 14 free-standing electronic kiosks into the 13 dining halls across campus last summer...