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...Bork's support for Brown is official (albeit, as Ronald Dworkin demonstrated in the New York Review of Books, wholly inconsistent with his judicial philosophy). He no longer sees the Civil Rights Acts as undermining the fabric of freedom in America, as he did in a 1963 article in The New Republic...
THAT'S WHERE judicial review fits in. Properly construed and executed, it serves and honors democracy by providing within it a safe haven for reasoned deliberation. But it also can do much more: by holding out the promise that otherwise irreconcilable differences ultimately will be decided upon principles that apply equally to all, judicial review forces all political participants to consider fundamental principles and the nature of our common life in ordinary political debate and discourse...
...School Tenure Controversy: In lateJuly President Bok said he would intervene in thecontroversial tenure case of Assistant Professorof Law Clare Dalton, who has charged that she didnot receive tenure because of her gender andpolitics. Although Bok said earlier he wasreluctant to review the case, Dalton appealed tothe President in May after she failed to win thetwo-thirds faculty majority necessary to insure alifetime post. The junior professor said she willsue the University on the grounds of sexdiscrimination if Bok fails to grant her tenure...
...aMassachusetts Turnpike guardrail. Although thechildren suffered only minor injuries, the21-year-old driver was charged with "operating toendanger" for over-loading the vehicle, which wascarrying participants of the "Keylatch" summerprogram to an amusement park in southernMassachusetts. The accident raised questions aboutthe training PBH van drivers receive and promptedPBH to review its driving policies...
Once the outside scholars present Bok withtheir conclusions--which is not expected to beuntil the end of the semester--Bok will decidewhat further steps to take in his review of thecase, he wrote in a letter to Law School DeanJames Vorenberg '49. Dalton supporters applaudedBok's decision, but conservative law professorscriticized the President's plan. However,professors from both sides agreed that Bok'sdecision to intervene would erode the Law School'sautonomy in the future...