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The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 yesterday that universities accepting federal funds—including Harvard—must open their doors to military recruiters, despite the schools’ opposition to the Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell?...
Dealing a setback to his alma mater, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ’76 rejected an argument put forth by 40 Harvard Law professors when he delivered the Supreme Court’s opinion in a major military recruitment case yesterday.In the first paragraph of his holding...
The decision—written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ’76—puts Roberts’ alma mater in a bind. A 27-year-old old Law School policy requires employers to sign a nondiscrimination pledge as condition for gaining access to the school...
Their anger could have seismic consequences. Revolutions in China have a history of springing from rural discontent. The Communist Party rose to power on the strength of its pledge to protect the rights of farmers who joined its fight to overthrow the landlord class. The current crop of Communist leaders...
A student petition calling for divestment from firms operating in Sudan has re-emerged with a new focus on the Beijing-based oil company Sinopec and has garnered roughly 200 signatures over the past week, according to organizers. The original petition last year urged Harvard to sell its stake in...