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...unbelievable and unconscionable that anyone would suggest that the City of Tulsa and the State of Oklahoma are not guilty of dereliction of duty and complicity in the riot itself,” said John Hope Franklin, an eminent historian and a plaintiff in the case...
Opponents of the Court’s ruling cite plaintiff Joshua D. Davey’s decision to attend Harvard Law School instead of becoming a minister as evidence that not all participants in his parochial college’s theology program become ministers. Thus, they argue, state scholarships are not necessarily being applied to the training of ministers. What their arguments fail to take into account is the systematically biased approach religious colleges take to teaching theology. States should only support the study of theology when it acknowledges religious choice and pluralism, or else they risk de facto state...
...typical law student for another reason. There is a good chance that in his time at HLS he will read his own name in textbooks, hear about himself in lectures and watch as a case bearing his name becomes a legal landmark. That is because Davey is the plaintiff in “Locke v. Davey,” a church-and-state case currently before the Supreme Court...
...Football also reflects our American fondness for litigation. Teams of referees roam the field, sometimes interfering with the play in progress. When eight or ten official eyes are not enough to rule beyond a reasonable doubt, a plaintiff can appeal a decision. In such cases, the officials turn to another American icon - technology...
...while corporations are responsible in part for this predicament, suing them is not going to solve the situation. Like the lawsuits against tobacco companies in the past, such actions won’t help anyone but the plaintiff lawyers. Rather than sue, these corporations should instead be taxed. While an Egg McMuffin may cost 99 cents, its real cost to society is much greater, and its price should reflect that. The government has got to step in and start affecting real policy. Of course, this will be hard considering the power of the sugar and fast food lobby. However, something...